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    Default Not all SFF motherboards are born the same.

    Just to let all of you folks out there making custom cases around SFF motherboards that they might all look the same but they are not, some are slightly bigger than other. For example the mobo in an Asus XC cube is 10mm wider and 20mm longer than the mobo in a Soltek EQ2000. Now if that was the only difference it would be kind of easy to compensate for but the problem is that the PCI/AGP slots are moved 10mm as well.

    I just wanted to let you know since I just learnt this the hard way when trying to replace the mobo in the Y2k-bug which now is officially dead.
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    It survived the most destructive force in the universe (No, not the Covenant, American Airlines Packing Staff(It was American Airlines right?) and you are going to let a slightly, too large MoBo stop you? Come on what would the world be like without the Y2K bug?

    Thanks for the tip though
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    Find me a mobo from a Soltek EQ2000 and I will get it working again, I promise.
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    Good point. By the way, how did The Bug eventually meet its end? I assume it was a motherboard problem as you ordered a new MoBo.
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    Mashie, take the mobo out of the doom mod and tell me if the mounting holes at least line up properly and\or if a Shuttle XPC mobo would work for you.

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