D8000 Rear panel problem, please help.

livedistortion · Post by **livedistortion** » Tue Jun 17, 2003 2:40 pm

The rear l/O panel is incompatable with my motherboard (Intel) and the Intel one isn't compatable with the case. Anyone have a solution? Jim at Coolcases is great and he;s looking into it, but since he didn't know right away I thought he may have a problem figuring out a solution, so I'm asking here too.

Thanks!

Vector · Post by **Vector** » Tue Jun 17, 2003 2:44 pm

Ironically, I have the same brand mobo and the same case. Didn't your Intel board come with it's own I/O panel? Mine did. I just replaced the D8000 one with the Intel one that came with the mobo.

livedistortion · Post by **livedistortion** » Tue Jun 17, 2003 2:46 pm

That's crazy, but the one that came with my D845PEBT2 is way smaller than the spot on the back of the D8000, and it looks like a pop in type where as the D8000 one has screws, how did you do it?

Thanks

Vector · Post by **Vector** » Tue Jun 17, 2003 2:52 pm

I just unscrewed the D8000 I/O panel and took it off. The opening was big enough to just pop in the Intel one. That's it. I didn't do anything fancy.

Td_nw · Post by **Td_nw** » Tue Jun 17, 2003 4:24 pm

I have an ASUS board in my D8000, but same thing.

1- Unscrewed the original and threw it in the parts pile.
2- Popped in the one that came with the ASUS board.
3- Gently tapped the corners of the ASUS I/O panel with the back of the screwdriver until it was in and flush.

You have a pic of the panel next to the case opening?

Post by **Ralf Hutter** » Wed Jun 18, 2003 4:26 am

The size of the I/O panel hole is an ATX 2.1 standard so every ATX case should have the same size hole, D8000 included. The standard size of the hole is 6.250 ±.008" x 1.750 ±.008".

I've built a few different systems using the SLK3700 (D8000 resold by Antec) and had no problem snapping the I/O panels into the case after I removed the original screwed-in one.

livedistortion · Post by **livedistortion** » Wed Jun 18, 2003 8:14 am

Please forgive a newbie, it fits fine, it just looked so different since it didn't have the extra piece with the screws and since the edge on the intel board looked like it would have to hook up with something special.

Thanks for all the usefull replies!

Also, anyone know if the case is USB 2.0? Alot of people complain about Antec not being 2.0 and since this is similar I wonder about it, but probably won't have a 2.0 device for awhile to twst it out. Anyway to tell by looking?

I also was wondering why th three studs at the bottom are permanent, what happens if you have a different kind of board? And there was a brass one in the dead center?

Is a Fortron 350W supply enough for 2 optical drives, 2 hard drives, an ATI 9700, and a high end sound card? Also wondering how future proof a 350W supply will be?

Thanks to all. It seems like this is a great case and Jim is awesome. I got the 2 JMC 120 fans w/grommets, the 350W supply w/120 fan, and with the grommets on the hard drive rack and a seagate drive I'm hoping it will be quiet enough without having to use dampening. Any opinions on whether this setup will be pretty quiet? Oh, and I have the fron fan @ 12V and the rear @ 7V.

Take care

livedistortion · Post by **livedistortion** » Thu Jun 19, 2003 9:30 am

Anyone?

Post by **MikeC** » Thu Jun 19, 2003 10:11 am

Don't know about your other questions, but 350W is plenty for your stuff. As for future proof, it all depends on your choices, doesn't it? IE, you can always choose stuff that is compatitble with the PSU.

Td_nw · Post by **Td_nw** » Thu Jun 19, 2003 3:49 pm

My D8000 is USB 2.0

Not sure about telling by looking, I just plug a 2.0 device in and see if I get the warning in XP that I get on my old machine about a "2.0 device in a 1.0 port".

Post by **Ralf Hutter** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 4:57 am

livedistortion wrote: I also was wondering why th three studs at the bottom are permanent, what happens if you have a different kind of board? And there was a brass one in the dead center?

Yeah, that's kind of weird. You can rip them out if you go Postal on them with some waterpump pliers though, I've done it.

They're spaced per normal ATX specs however, so they should be in the correct place to line up with any ATX MoBo. It should be OK to leave them in place.