You are making a wrong assumption, AT and ATX have more to do with the motherboard design then they do with the size of the board.. If you have an AT board and case, the power supply has a seperate on/off switch that cuts the power from the motherboard directly... (an AT board has a power plug to the board that is made up of two seperate plugs.) if you have an ATX, the motherboard is in control of poweroff, ie the on/off switch on the case connects to the motherboard which turns itself on and off... (an ATX case has one big rectangular power plug to connect the powersupply to the motherboard.) Hense the ability of the system to shut itself down completely when you do a: shutdown -h now There are some other design spec differences (like the cooling design) that are different between the two... but the above will let you identify one way or the other.. hope this makes sense.. rgds Frank -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Hans N. Sent: Monday, 3 September 2001 2:27 PM To: Mandrake Newbie List Subject: [newbie] OT - Hardware Dimensions Hello all, I'm having trouble locating a ruler in my home, I know I know what moron doesn't own a ruler. The answer is me :^) I thought I'd try you good folks on the list for an answer to a simple question. I own a Compaq Presario 7471, but I can't ascertain what form factor the motherboard is. If it helps, it's in a mini-tower case, 4 PCI slots, 2 SDRAM sockets, AMD K6-2 processor, 2 IDE controllers. My case seems pretty small and jam packed. Basically I've been day-dreaming about getting several components to build a better system using what I can from the Compaq. Well I got the notion of purchasing a new case. The case is ATX size. My question is, does this mean it will only house ATX sized motherboards, or will AT form factors fit as well? I really don't think my motherboard is Baby AT, but I could easily be wrong. Thanks for your time. Sincerely and respectfully, Hans N.
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