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sata cables?
well, your motherboard should come with 2.
so use one for your SSD and the other for an Optical Drive if ever,,,
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Hey bluray. I'm okay with the case, just not this power supply location. It's a real head scratcher.
I actually borrowed my friends dremmel and sawed off the 4 little rubber feet that the screws pass through on the fan's heatsink. It will still screw into the heatsink just fine but it lowered it just a few more MMs.. enough to get the PSU to sit RIGHT on top of it. Absolutely no space left at all.
But I have the PSU's intake fan meeting right on to the heatsink's fan, so half of the head is going to blow up through the heatsink and into the PSU and out the PSU, the other half will just blow out as normal since half of the heatsink fan isn't being covered by the PSU. If that makes sense. Confusing to describe.
Anyway, just had to come on here to complain for a bit. You know how nerd-rage goes.
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picture is from bluray's htpc
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@magpie-
Let us know how it turn out after you installed everything! I know that APEX MI-008 is not a perfect case, but it fit most users budget and needs. I did have to trim off the plate in the rear too. But after it is set and done with some modifications, the case works great since day one....for about a year now, I never have any issue with the case!
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Thanks bluray. I'll be sure to post pics once everything is all set up and good to go. Very excited!
"I did have to trim off the plate in the rear too"
Is this different than the heatsink fan's rubber legs? What plate are you referring to?
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2012-04-04, 03:00
(This post was last modified: 2012-04-04, 03:03 by magpieswarble.)
Hmm.. case modification is a little intimidating and I suppose I should have been more up front about that. I could see having to cut away the rear plate to expose the HDMI cable.. I should test that before I get too far head of myself actually. (EDIT: Just tested it, it plugs in perfectly. Phew.)
Bluray, where did you mount the SATA drive in your case?
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if your talking about an SSD drive,
you can stick it anywhere u see fit
using double sided tape.
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Err, Yeah. SSD Drive. Anywhere I see fit eh? I suppose you don't have to really safely secure this thing like a traditional hard drive since it's flash based. That makes sense.
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2012-04-04, 03:53
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Okay, so I'm trying to boot off of my USB external which has Windows 7 image mounted to it. Couple weird things I've noticed so far:
1. Heatsink fan is really loud. Did you notice that with your build, blu-ray? Should I buy a new CPU fan that isn't so loud? Suggestions?
2. Cool, you can use a mouse during the BIOS. I've never seen that before. Hold on.. my mouse's directions are all inverted and weird. Up is left, down is right, left is up, and right is down... what the .. f? I tried all 6 USB ports in the back and the 2 and the front; same symptoms. Could I have plugged in the USB interface wrong into the motherboard which is causing everything to be weird and reversed..?
3. I plugged in my external hard drive which has a Windows 7 boot image on it, it's recognized in the BIOS as being a USB device. However, when I set it as the primary boot device, it tells me that it can't boot from it. I'm wondering if this is related to the USB issues with my mouse above. If my USB interface isn't plugged into the mobo correctly, it's not able to work correctly much like the mouse isn't working correctly now?
Any advice would be appreciated!