On 11/20/2008 12:13:50 AM, Wim Vandeputte Mailing list only wrote:
>
> Sure, how about drilling a small hole in the bracket, alligned with
> the
> hole in the soekris case, like this:
>
> just use a bolt + nut, no need to tap a thread into the pci bracket.
> In my case, I recycled a spacer nut as it was the first thing
> I found on my desk...
I thought about that and didn't like the failure mode.
If the bolt ever comes off that leaves the nut
inside the case, where a loose piece of conductive
material is a very bad idea. I figured I could
epoxy the nut to the pci bracket but then I may as
well just use a blob of epoxy to put a protrusion
onto the case in a place that keeps the pci bracket
from moving in the first place.
You are right though, the bolt and nut probably
provides the best mechanical support of all
the options. The packing peanut works in practice
and I'm too lazy to change now. :-)
Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Free Software: "You don't pay back, you pay forward."
-- Robert A. Heinlein
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