Matthew Geier wrote: > R. G. Newbury wrote: > >>> I've got a LC11m. Very nice. The loudest noise is from the video >>> card, my vendor couldn't get a passive video card that fitted - the >>> PCIe slot is to close to the lid. >>> Ill probably replace the card with a passive one anyway and cut a >>> slot in the lid (which is on the bottom - the LC11 is an 'upside >>> down' chassis). >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> >> >> How is your vendor fitting this card? This case is supposed to use a >> 90 degree pci extender so the card ends up horizontal. Even an AGP card. >> OR do you have a completely different LC11M than I do?? > > > The PCIe riser puts the 'back' of the card very close to the lid of > the case, there isn't enough clearance for the back fins of a passive > cooler. > In a standard case with the card vertical, there is usally some what > more space at the 'back' of the cards than the LC11 allows.
If you don't mind playing with the PCIe riser (that is, you can get a replacement) then you might think about grinding 2 mm off the bottom of the riser card fingers. That will give you 2 mm of extra vertical room. Next choice, if you do not use all three of the card slots is to use a flexible riser between your MB slot and the card. That is. the card will inhabit the spot where the first PCI card would go.. thus giving you a full 3/4 inch of clearance vertically. I have a PVR500 and HD3000 in a Via SP13000 in this case. It was not designed for a mini-itx board and will not fit the usual risers, but the flexible riser takes care of the physical orientation and lineup problems. A riser from VIA takes care of the electrical aspects. > My biggest gripe with the LC11m case is that the blue LEDs are too > bright. I've got a bit of black tape stuck over the power LED at the > moment. (Pending sticking a resistor in there to drop the current to > the LED...) Swap the leads for the hard drive LED and the power LED. The hard drive LED is not as 'loud'... That's what I did. > I also have black electrical tape stuck over the front USB ports, as > my wife complained they were mucking up the look of the otherwise > black front panel. They should have used USB ports with black inserts > instead of white, or put them on the side where the audio/firewire > ports are. I just colored mine with a Sharpie magic marker!. > I also went for the LC11 case as it's a better fit with the VCR and > the DVD player, the 'full height' cases were just too imposing and 'pc > like'. And now I am browsing for a used black faced stereo receiver/amp.. My case does not go with my silverSony amp. Geoff _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
