This might be a long shot, but can any one point me toward a detailed diagram, or no, what the exact mounting hole sizes are are. I have got the Enthoo Primo case but need to try to mod it to fit an XL - ATX board. I already have the board the MSI Xpower, and I could easily make a template, but when it is picked up it makes a lot of creaking sounds, from the weight of the heatsink I guess. So I don't want to handle it too much. Cheers guys.
XL - ATX hole spacing ?
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Found this on EVGA forum.
Hope it helps.
Think I've already said it, moving motherboard up 20.3mm (one PCI slot) and mount the standoffs. I would use your motherboard to layout the standoff points. That's the safest way as I don't think XL-ATX is a standardized layout. Be very careful. the standoff placement has to be very accurate. Only cutting would be I/O opening by the same 20.3mm higher.. CPU mount opening could be enlarged the same 20.3mm but don't think it will be required.
Hope it helps.
Think I've already said it, moving motherboard up 20.3mm (one PCI slot) and mount the standoffs. I would use your motherboard to layout the standoff points. That's the safest way as I don't think XL-ATX is a standardized layout. Be very careful. the standoff placement has to be very accurate. Only cutting would be I/O opening by the same 20.3mm higher.. CPU mount opening could be enlarged the same 20.3mm but don't think it will be required.
While I was working on a mod for the 350d I ended up needing a motherboard standoff template, slightly adjusted it for the MSI XPower board but it is printable 1:1 scale.
Hope it helps, just be sure to print the PDF without "scale to fit paper"
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Download of the PDF to scale:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6774673/OCFORUMS/RampageBlackBoardTemplate.pdf
Hope it helps, just be sure to print the PDF without "scale to fit paper"
File Preview:
Download of the PDF to scale:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6774673/OCFORUMS/RampageBlackBoardTemplate.pdf
Found this on EVGA forum.
Hope it helps.
Think I've already said it, moving motherboard up 20.3mm (one PCI slot) and mount the standoffs. I would use your motherboard to layout the standoff points. That's the safest way as I don't think XL-ATX is a standardized layout. Be very careful. the standoff placement has to be very accurate. Only cutting would be I/O opening by the same 20.3mm higher.. CPU mount opening could be enlarged the same 20.3mm but don't think it will be required.
Cheers mate, I decided to get a standard ATX board, 4 of the XL-ATX standoff points were either in the cpu cut out, or in grommet holes. It would have meant either making a new motherboard tray , or some kind of bracket to go behind the tray for mounting the board. It's a shame I'm not that confident working with metal, as I love the XPower plus you can get a full cover block for it. The MPower, only has dual mosfet blocks. You never no, If I can't sell the XPower, I might decide to give it a go.