Antec Sonata - Help with 5.25 devices ?
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Antec Sonata - Help with 5.25 devices ?
Hi there, I'm setting up my new machine using an Antec Sonata. Mainboard is already in and I am now trying to get my CDRW drive in. It appears you have to put 5.25 devices in from "inside the case" and slide them forward in the drive bay. Unfortunetly this is nearly impossible because of the stupid steel bar they have welded from the back of the case to the front. I tried to pop the front panel off to see if I could back the drive in but I can only seem to find the clips to remove the front case panel on the side of the case with the removable panel, are there 3 more clips hidden behind the mainboard tray that you have to get at to remove the other panel? Is there an easier way to install these devices besides doing it before the mainboard is in? This is a huge pain.
Thanks for any help..
Thanks for any help..
Well all is well now, got it booted and installing XP.
Just noticed my new enemy: the dinky 40mm fan cooling my old Geforce GTS2 (until I get a new card in a month or so) the thing makes an awful rattling noise, it's coming off and being replaced ASAP. The CDRW drive is also very irritating. Fans are very very quiet (default 120mm out, PSU and 92mm L1A @ 12v on CPU, going to put in the 120mm L1A's and possibly undervolt the CPU later on.)
Just noticed my new enemy: the dinky 40mm fan cooling my old Geforce GTS2 (until I get a new card in a month or so) the thing makes an awful rattling noise, it's coming off and being replaced ASAP. The CDRW drive is also very irritating. Fans are very very quiet (default 120mm out, PSU and 92mm L1A @ 12v on CPU, going to put in the 120mm L1A's and possibly undervolt the CPU later on.)
If you can disable/remove the current 40mm fan, a short-run, lower-cost solution would be to get a 80mm L1A, undervolt it, and mount it on a DIY bracket....grambo wrote:Well all is well now, got it booted and installing XP.
Just noticed my new enemy: the dinky 40mm fan cooling my old Geforce GTS2 (until I get a new card in a month or so) the thing makes an awful rattling noise, it's coming off and being replaced ASAP. The CDRW drive is also very irritating. Fans are very very quiet (default 120mm out, PSU and 92mm L1A @ 12v on CPU, going to put in the 120mm L1A's and possibly undervolt the CPU later on.)
Image linked from MikeC's Silencing a P4-1.6A oc'd to 2GHz article.