AT 8MHz case to 1.0 + GHz

[jdion81]

Has anyone ever attempted to modify an original AT case to accomadate an ATX board? This is what I want to do.

If anyone has done this do you have any pictures?
How did you go about doing it?
Do I need to chop a good ATX case and use the back plate?
Do you know where to buy a replacement plate that can be attached to the case?



HELP!!

[thekingofpain]

Must be a GREAT case if you wanna reuse it---abit of time, energy and a couple bucks may/will be needed for the swap...

(Id just buy a new case, there are MANY new atx cases available cheaply, local computershow item here, can be had as cheap as 20$ w/powersupply)

[jdion81]

Well its not really a good case it is just a project that I have taken on to try to out do a friend of mine in a game of whacked cases.

I think that the main thing that I am looking for is a maybe a rack mount case back plate for an atx form factor.

Another possibility that I may consider is an AT board that will support t-bird.

Anyone know of such a beast?

[k8vol]

PC-Chip makes a AT t-bird/Duron MOBO but it's only 200Mhz FSB and they are hard to find in the U.S.A. also they have on board Video and sound and no agp slot so your best way is to rework a AT case to ATX . I have re-work a old 1983 Gateway 2000 486/DX2 33mhz to a atx but it's takes lotts of time to do and you we not save any money to do it right
But wen they see it labeled 486/33 and it blows their P4 away you don't tell them it's a T-bird 1.4 under the cover !! plus it's my late Fathers old case (sure do miss dad now) so will always keep the case for my life time! BUT IT DON'T HAVE TO BE SLOW INSIDE.

[jadison]

I have some info on case mods for an AT case, this is when I was a bit new to the case mod. business...hehe

Check it out HERE

Boy, that was a long time ago...

-=jd=-

[Ultima]

For me it was very simple.

I just cut out the back piece where normally there are the throughput thingies that make the case AT.

Once that was gone, I used those plastic spacers to put the mobo on the backplate, ther was 1 screw hole, so I used it, and now it houses my Abit KT7-raid mobo with everything on it.

Only thing you'll need to buy, if ya haven't already, is an atx PSU.

Ultima

[jdion81]

Closer, is there any chance that yall would have any pics that I can see to help me on my journey?

k8vol you got the idea, that is exactly what I want to do.
I want to have people to come over to the house and ask to surf the web, get on the HP pavilion and laugh at me cause I got an old at machine around still untill I turn it on and it is running win2k.

[XT]

a 1983 Gateway 2000 486/DX2 33mhz ??


i hope thats the model #! i wasnt aware 486's were around in 1983 hell i bought my 4.77 mhz xt back then <G>

[Rhino]

Here's a guy who did just that

[willy_ph]

That's some fine work on that old IBM from the link.

[tarpat1]

That old IBM case rocks!

[caddmannq]

Hmmm...makes me want to "do" my old PS2 Model 50.

That's pretty retro...If I could styff a flat panel TFT into the old B&W VGA monitor, that could be cool too.

Also, I'm considering a Duron install into an old Apple Performa "pizza box" machine. That's a slim little deal, but ducted cooling or peltier would be a must!