The motherfucker wouldn't go down! The small amount that the power supply juts out is just enough to keep the motherboard from going down into the case! So naturally I was pissed, and called the other retro fool which gave the suggestion of an atx extension cable which is the route we are going to go. If that does not work we will try to bend the screws over, but that is not our preferred course of action.
Having nothing else to do I decided to hook it all up and see what I got. I've never used a pico power supply before, nor have I soldered power buttons. I plugged everything in and it worked on the first try. My buddy and I then spent the next hour playing Ducktales and R.C. Pro Am. We are in the home stretch folks.
Just a couple side notes.
ReplyDeleteIt was a little tough figuring out exactly how to mount the motherboard. The only was it would fit without interfering with the power/reset button module was upside down. We ended up drilling 4 holes in the bottom of the case to line up with the holes in the motherboard. We put long machine screws through and secured it to the case with a nut.
After realizing I placed 3 out of 4 screws in holes that were originally there instead of the ones I made, the mobo was ready to go in....
Or so we thought at the time.
The board rests on two more nuts further up that are locked together at an adequate height as to give enough room for ventilation and to keep the wires running underneath the board off the heatsinks.