At 07:40 -0500 10/18/2002, James Rice wrote: >My S900 arrived last night. As I was cleaning it, installing a CD-RW >and zip and prepping it for OS install, I was struck by the the fact the >case seems to be a Dell dimension case with a different faceplate. Has >anyone tried to replace the side panels with Dell panels. Older >Dimension cases are usually low cost if not free. The drive cage, lower >3.5 device brackets and plastic moldings seem to be the same Taiwanese >mfg as the Dells.
It is more correct to note that Dell, Micron and Umax used the ATCX Convertible case from Palo Alto Products. PAP supplied the nice cases to all three of them. So, yes, the parts should be interchangeable and this also means that there are PC case and part vendors who can get you things like the fan shrouds and such (at stiff prices) if you need them. PAP was bought by someone about a year ago and I don't know if that's affected case or parts availability. The front bezel is a custom part, though reading PAP's web site it sounds like holes for sound jacks were an optional feature, so it may not be as custom as it seems. It doesn't really matter though, because there's a fellow out there somewhere who got a huge lot of Umax front bezels and that would be the place to go if you needed one--or the door that tends to bread its hinge. The case is called "convertible" because the J700 desktop uses the same case. The case can be either a tower or a desktop depending on the bezel installed, the bottom (or left side in tower) and the left side (or bottom on tower). And the drive cage can be rotated 90 degrees. Jeff Walther -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:supermacs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:supermacs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:supermacs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
