antec 900 owner please come in

Oh, I could go to town on those. But I will just drop it.

haha. I was thinking the same thing...but what's the use? There will always be a retort... the last word... some effort to save face. Some pointless tidbit about machining or who knows what "as seen there".

I was actually surprised to come back and see him still here. Even more surprised that there's a select few that may even actually assess him any credibility. I wrongly assumed that eventually everyone would pick up on the reality of the postings and he would just fade into the woodwork. Ooops.

Still, I do wonder what kind of "microcomputer electronics whatever" tells you that when in doubt, bs your way through it, post images off the internet and fill in the blanks with Google. Or, buy parts when they're not needed when you have no clue what you're doing.

I actually am in business... and if I started treating my clients in the same fashion, advocating they pointlessly throw money away because I don't know what I'm talking about... Feeding them a line of garbage and then backing it up with my experience in the construction business, I wouldn't be in business. I guess that's experience you don't pick up in a classroom somewhere or the tool and die business. I dunno... But block works. I'm not here three days and already I can't stand his posts and the total crap that eminates from them. The microwaves are warping my brain, which will then in turn cause it to fracture and break into a million pieces. haha.

*sigh*... ok, back to work. It never ends.
 
I actually met with a "competitor" not long ago... And threads like this reminds me of him. The guy was old sk00l. Like, totally out of the loop. The guy was advocating the sales of Pentium 3s and crap, telling me about this "new virus" he'd found that I remember dealing with about 10 years ago (and even distributed it and many others on my BBS), how he hated this product and this product, but Windows 2000 was THE shiznit.. He starts bashing Norton, only to turn around and tell me that McAfee is God's gift to virus protection. Fortunately I wasn't eating or drinking at the time or I probably would have choked on it.

Like, the guy was stuck in the 90's. The thing that got me was that he actually *charged* people for his services, and even marketted "computer training courses". Good God. It makes me shudder to think that people are actually paying this "company".

Well, at least people aren't forking out hard earned money here, which "as seen there" is a blessing in disguise I suppose.
 
You ever heard this Quote
Aristotle was famous for knowing everything. He taught that the brain exists merely to cool the blood and is not involved in the process of thinking. This is true only of certain persons.
 
Anyway, at the end i had to drill four holes onto the adapter to get the darn thing right.

I had to do the same. :(

Special thanks to Mep for taking the picture for me, really appreciate it.

No problem. I'm glad it worked out. :D

but for the time being here is a picture of the front of the case with the card reader setting neatly in the bay like it supposed to. ^^

Looks good. ;)
 
I did not have to modify the adapter either. I found that it was very picky about the direction it would install in. I had to try about 5 different ways, but it did finally line up with the stock holes.

While I did not enjoy assembling this case, and after replacing the stock fans with Nexus fans, I found that it does a very good job of keeping everything nice and cool. It is one of the better looking cases out there right now.

I just wish Antec would listen to everyones story's about it and fix what everyone hates about it. Then it could be one of those elusive perfect 10 cases.
 
I just wish Antec would listen to everyones story's about it and fix what everyone hates about it. Then it could be one of those elusive perfect 10 cases.

Absolutely. I totally agree with that sentiment. Totally redesign the drive cages. Remake the bay adapter. Rethink the cable routing. Rethink the fan cage on the rear of the middle bay. If you're going to use fan controls, at least make the damn things easily accessible. Stuff like that.
 
This is a copy of the email I just sent antec customer support.

I have a few more questions to add to your FAQ on the Antec 900.

1. Why is it so hard to install the 3.5 drive adaptor?
A. Because we did not know what we were doing when we included that with our product. We admit it is worthless and you should just throw it away.

2. Why did you include a drive bay fan adapter that you can not use?
A. Because once again we did not know what we were doing, please remove it and throw it away. Besides, it let us advertise it as being possible to add an additional 3 fans to the enclosure.

3. Why did you design the drive cages so that it took a mechanic to use them.
A. Because we liked it, and we are designers, what do we know about how things work in real life?

4. Why did you design the front panels so that a little hit to them knocks them out of alignment, so that you have to remove both side panels just so you can re align them?
A. Sheesh, picky, picky. Besides, we could get away with this cheap design, costing us less, but allowing us to charge you more.

5.Why did you include little or no information in the manual you included with the case?
A. We are designers, we just design them and sell them. It's up to you to figure it out. Get over it!


Can't wait to see if they respond to me. :)
 
I had to do the same. :(

You had to drill additional holes as well? ouch! I know quite well how it can a real oain since you need an led type flashlight pointed right at the mounting holes in order to see them at first. But that was never even a thought here when first tossing a floppy in. Once lined up you simply had more fun trying to get the fastener to start grabbing into the harder plastic; harder so not to see the holes stripped out from being too soft that is.

The flat section that goes across from left to right is facing the rear rather then facing towards the face plate on the bay here. You can see that in a vertical direction as a reference. That was noticed when replacing the first floppy drive to see if the drive or cable is why the no disk in drive message comes up now when not see earlier. So far the cable is suspect since the Miticumi was replaced by a Sony labeled drive to see the same.
 
This is a copy of the email I just sent antec customer support.

I have a few more questions to add to your FAQ on the Antec 900.

1. Why is it so hard to install the 3.5 drive adaptor?
A. Because we did not know what we were doing when we included that with our product. We admit it is worthless and you should just throw it away.

2. Why did you include a drive bay fan adapter that you can not use?
A. Because once again we did not know what we were doing, please remove it and throw it away. Besides, it let us advertise it as being possible to add an additional 3 fans to the enclosure.

3. Why did you design the drive cages so that it took a mechanic to use them.
A. Because we liked it, and we are designers, what do we know about how things work in real life?

4. Why did you design the front panels so that a little hit to them knocks them out of alignment, so that you have to remove both side panels just so you can re align them?
A. Sheesh, picky, picky. Besides, we could get away with this cheap design, costing us less, but allowing us to charge you more.

5.Why did you include little or no information in the manual you included with the case?
A. We are designers, we just design them and sell them. It's up to you to figure it out. Get over it!


Can't wait to see if they respond to me. :)

hehe. Good job :) I find it odd that you have to take the case apart if you want to adjust the speed of the fans. I wonder what idiot thought that one up. Then, the fan cage on the back of the middle bay. It jams up against the cables, so a fan wouldn't work in it anyways. Apart from the cooling, the case is a complete, total writeoff. A total engineering failure.
 
I am surprised this thread went all the way to the fifth page. O.O

I was able to line up the holes with the case but I count not get the reader to sit where it suppose to. it either stick out or to far in about half inch or so, So i deiced to drill four holes. But who cares since it is doing what i wanted it to. Chances are I will never touch these four screws ever again.
 
This is a copy of the email I just sent antec customer support.

I have a few more questions to add to your FAQ on the Antec 900.

1. Why is it so hard to install the 3.5 drive adaptor?
A. Because we did not know what we were doing when we included that with our product. We admit it is worthless and you should just throw it away.

2. Why did you include a drive bay fan adapter that you can not use?
A. Because once again we did not know what we were doing, please remove it and throw it away. Besides, it let us advertise it as being possible to add an additional 3 fans to the enclosure.

3. Why did you design the drive cages so that it took a mechanic to use them.
A. Because we liked it, and we are designers, what do we know about how things work in real life?

4. Why did you design the front panels so that a little hit to them knocks them out of alignment, so that you have to remove both side panels just so you can re align them?
A. Sheesh, picky, picky. Besides, we could get away with this cheap design, costing us less, but allowing us to charge you more.

5.Why did you include little or no information in the manual you included with the case?
A. We are designers, we just design them and sell them. It's up to you to figure it out. Get over it!


Can't wait to see if they respond to me. :)

ha ha. Nice job, Paratwa. I'm looking forward to their response. :P

You had to drill additional holes as well? ouch! I know quite well how it can a real oain since you need an led type flashlight pointed right at the mounting holes in order to see them at first. But that was never even a thought here when first tossing a floppy in. Once lined up you simply had more fun trying to get the fastener to start grabbing into the harder plastic; harder so not to see the holes stripped out from being too soft that is.

Looking back, I'm not sure exactly why I drilled the two holes on each side. I only remember it being necessary, and much easier. That was my first build, and the drilling may have been due to simple inexperience.

I am surprised this thread went all the way to the fifth page. O.O

Unfortunately, the majority of the pages were devoted to disrespecting a good member of this forum.

Chances are I will never touch these four screws ever again.

Yeah, you're probably right. No big deal. ;)
 
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hehe. Good job :) I find it odd that you have to take the case apart if you want to adjust the speed of the fans. I wonder what idiot thought that one up. Then, the fan cage on the back of the middle bay. It jams up against the cables, so a fan wouldn't work in it anyways. Apart from the cooling, the case is a complete, total writeoff. A total engineering failure.

Bunk! While the front array of 3 1/2" and 5 1/4" switch around drive bays leaves a big lack of space on the board side where two plastic retaining straps are placed to hold the harness over to one side I had no problems seen simply plugging the two front 120s seen there in with the standard ide tupe 12v connector.

The drive cages held in with thumbscrews easily slide forward along with the fan secured on each to make swapping or adding drives simplified there. The main problem is simply a need to increase the length to allow more room behind the drive so things like ide cables are not bunched together and then pressed into the drive cage areas. It's tight space when plugging a single ide cable onto the board as well.
 
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