Another thing to note when stuffing new stuff into old stuff.  I've had
problems with cpu positions and the necessary tower of heat sink and fan
not being able to fit due to clearance problems with drive bay chassis.
Even had a  problem once with a motherboard capacitor being in the way of
some chassis stamped metal frame.

One more thing.  Don't know if it's been said in this thread or not, but I
strongly do not recommend this.  Namely the capacitors in the power supply
have been there 10 plus years and potentially their ability has degraded
in that time frame.  If degraded, "dirty" power can reach components and
cause unpredictable behaviour and/or component failure.

On Wed, 28 Jul 1999, Dave Gillett wrote:

> On 28 Jul 99, at 8:29, Jim Meagher wrote:
>
> > The motherboard might fit, but the auxiliary cards (video, sound, etc) will
> > not.
> > The PCI slots will not line up with the holes in the case.
> > The card's metal mounting bracket will not fit the case.
>
>   I have encountered a couple of 286 systems that had non-standard *numbers*
> of slots or proprietary keyboard connectors.  But unless he has one of these,
> he should be fine.  PCI slots are offset on the motherboard to fit the same
> case cutouts as ISA slots.
>
> > And some of the cards will be too tall.
>
>   IBM made one 286 model, around 1986 (after the 1984 AT) in a case the same
> as the earlier PC and XT models, and thus too short for some "AT" expansion
> cards.  I have not seen any other 286 system with this problem, although
> improved integration densities mean that fewer and fewer modern cards require
> the extra head-room that the AT provided.
>
> > And most likely, the Power Supply will not have enough wattage to run the
> > system.
>
>   A 286 power supply was probably originally rated at 230W or more; IF it
> still works to those specs, it will probably do fine.  Power supplies do tend
> to weaken as they age, though, so it may no longer be quite up to spec.
>
>
> David G

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