Teach an Old Dog, New Tricks (Hopefully)

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ilikesimpsons

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I got a question about fitting a motherboard in this case:

Recently I have rebuilt my computer in to somewhat of a sleeper persay, stripping a Gateway GT5468 of the mobo, RAM, CPU, Video Card, and the PSU, so I'm left with all these spare parts (2GB DDR2-667 Ram, Pentium DC E2160, a Nvidia 8400GS, a 300W generic PSU, and a lastly an ECS 945GCT-M3 V3 MicroATX Mobo). Lying around the house I have 2 old PC's, a Gateway Performance 1000 circa 2000 :P and a Gateway 300S Plus CEL I have acquired recently from a relative. I have taken a look at the inside of the 300S and I might as well trash it, but the 1000 is very roomy inside.

I have removed the motherboard from it which is huge (I think possibly larger than ATX). The case is a "St. Francis Mid Tower Rev 2 or 3" according to the gateway site. (If anyone could find out what size motherboard it accomodates I would appreciate it. Also I tried to put in the ECS mobo but the backplate slots for the VGA, USB, sound ect don't line up, in addition the screwholes and PCI slots don't match either. Any suggestions on how to make this fit is greatly appreciated. Thanks much to all for any help!
 
You would have to change the i/o plate on the back of the case to make it match the new motherboard. If the plate isn't removable then you won't be able to use the case.
 
Yes, if you hold the board so the I/O ports are facing the left and you are looking at a top down view, the first set of screws at the front or top will align correctly but the next set down towards the back or bottom end of the board don't line up. The screw holes are weird, they can be removed from the bottom of the case by sliding them out of these "brackets"
 
Unless that back IO plate is removable you may be dead in the water on this one unless you want to cut a new hole to fit a standard IO plate.
 
ilikesimpsons said:
well let us say hypothetically I can cut the I/O hole, how would I fix the screw problem?
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Depends on how much latitude you have in moving the MB mounts around. Either that or you could mark, drill and fabricate a mounting system. All depends on how much work you want to do, how easy it is to get to the MB tray (both sides).
 
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