From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 20 4:27:58 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from gate.ldn.wdr.com (gate.ldn.wdr.com [193.82.179.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1E72151AB for ; Tue, 20 Jul 1999 04:27:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Clem.Dye@wdr.com) Received: (from smap@localhost) by gate.ldn.wdr.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA27681 for ; Tue, 20 Jul 1999 12:27:52 +0100 (BST) From: Clem.Dye@wdr.com Received: from inside(192.168.0.1) by gate via smap (V2.0) id xma027659; Tue, 20 Jul 1999 12:27:37 +0100 Received: from ln4p1129.ldn.swissbank.com (ln4p1129.ldn.swissbank.com [172.16.234.32]) by ln4p1013pos.ldn.swissbank.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA26433 for ; Tue, 20 Jul 1999 12:27:36 +0100 (BST) Received: from localhost (root@localhost) by ln4p1129.ldn.swissbank.com (8.8.6 (PHNE_14041)/8.8.6/WDR alpha evision: 1.7 $) with SMTP id MAA14697 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 20 Jul 1999 12:27:36 +0100 (BST) X-OpenMail-Hops: 1 Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 12:27:24 +0100 Message-Id: Subject: ATX motherboard form factor question. MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; name="BDY.TXT" Content-Disposition: inline; filename="BDY.TXT" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Processed-By: BrianWare hpomsmf V2.3.40, 19 May 1999 X-WDR-Disclaimer: Version $Revision: 1.13 $ Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, this may seem a bit of a daft question, but can a microATX motherboard be installed in a case designed for an ATX motherboard? I'm sorry if this seems a slightly strange/off-topic type of question, but I'm just about to build my first atx-based system. All of my previous boxes have used AT form factor components, so I haven't come across this issue before. What's confusing me a bit is that I've seen microATX and ATX cases advertised. It would seem logical that a microATX case will handle only a microATX motherboard, but I'd like to go for an ATX case, if possible, so that if I upgrade the microATX motherboard that I'm thinking of buying a little later to say ATX size, I don't have to replace the case. Any help/insight etc. would be greatly appreciated. Clem PS: Please disregard the disclaimer text that appears at the foot of this message - my employer insists on adding it to all 'Net bound messages. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. This message is provided for informational purposes and should not be construed as a solicitation or offer to buy or sell any securities or related financial instruments. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message