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[ale] Mini-ITX mobo in standard case?



Chris Woodfield wrote:
> I hate posting simple yes or no questions like this, but google is  
> failing me...
> 
> Will a Mini-ITX motherboard (a Via EDEN in my case) mount properly  into 
> a standard ATX rackmount case? Those mobos make great firewall  
> appliances, but I don't want to spend $200+ on a ITX 1U rackmount  case 
> when I just happen to have a spare ATX rack chassis available...

Usually it depends on the case manufacturer, but a drill and extra mb 
offsets can come in handy if the case is not extensible.  I've mounted a 
mb in an aluminum briefcase... :)

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Until later, Geoffrey