Comment Motherboard swapping (Score 1) 55
I'll admit right off the bat that I'm not (yet) too experienced with taking out a motherboard & swapping it w/ another one, so if anyone has better info than me, post it and spare me the flames... :P
Taking a motherboard out of the case should be simple. Just disconnect all of the power cords running toward it (and it might be a good idea to mark on them what they were for, a print on your current motherboard should specify their use, though I am not sure wether this is absolutly nesicary, it seems like a good idea). Take all of your add-on cards off the board, and you should be left with your motherboard stripped down inside the case. There will be little plastic knobs that need to be squeezed to let the motherboard pop out...
Your new motherboard *should* fit into the case, assuming that you are buying one that is the same form (not sure on if thats the correct use of the word...) as the origonal, ie. replacing an AT motherboard with an AT motherboard
In many cases, the size of your new motherboard wont matter, because most of the cases I've seen seem to be able to take several different sizes of motherboards, so you should be ok there... but you might want to make sure that this is the case before you go out and spend your wad of money on that new MB... but then again, its only $50 for a new case...
Back to the point, once you've got your new MB in the case, its as simple as reconnecting all of those wacky things you just took off 10 mintues ago...
Hope I'm close to right on all of these things since I just bought a new MB and it should be fedex'd over within the next few days... :P
Taking a motherboard out of the case should be simple. Just disconnect all of the power cords running toward it (and it might be a good idea to mark on them what they were for, a print on your current motherboard should specify their use, though I am not sure wether this is absolutly nesicary, it seems like a good idea). Take all of your add-on cards off the board, and you should be left with your motherboard stripped down inside the case. There will be little plastic knobs that need to be squeezed to let the motherboard pop out...
Your new motherboard *should* fit into the case, assuming that you are buying one that is the same form (not sure on if thats the correct use of the word...) as the origonal, ie. replacing an AT motherboard with an AT motherboard
In many cases, the size of your new motherboard wont matter, because most of the cases I've seen seem to be able to take several different sizes of motherboards, so you should be ok there... but you might want to make sure that this is the case before you go out and spend your wad of money on that new MB... but then again, its only $50 for a new case...
Back to the point, once you've got your new MB in the case, its as simple as reconnecting all of those wacky things you just took off 10 mintues ago...
Hope I'm close to right on all of these things since I just bought a new MB and it should be fedex'd over within the next few days...
