This is most likely a LNX form factor motherboard which you cannot easily
buy a case for.  You cannot simply use a AT or ATX case for this.  The best
solution if you feel its worth the $80 is to buy the power supply.  I
personally would put the money toward a new computer.

Regards,
Fred Hahnel


-----Original Message-----
From: CAROL OLIVIE [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 10:35 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Installing a Power Supply < advice please >


Dear Patty,

Is the computer a mid tower or a desktop?  Is the motherboard not a standard
type? I would think that if you buy a mid tower case almost anything should
fit into it. How old is the computer? Is it an AT or and ATX style? With ATX
most things go together easier.  The motherboard is probably the thing that
is making it proprietary. It is probably made for the case which is probably
small. Do you have a riser card and the other expansion cards are coming of
of it?  I now build my own computers because it is so difficult to upgrade
ones bulit by PC manufacturers. I'm always changing parts in my computer. I
never even bother to close the case anymore.

Carol

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of p.a.h.b.
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 4:49 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Installing a Power Supply < advice please >


At 03:29 PM 9/22/00 -0400, you wrote:
>It is cheaper to buy a new case with a power supply in it at a Market Pro
>Computer Fair. Check out the web site http://www.marketpro.com/

Thanks Carol,
But that is the point. This particular computer is VERY proprietary,
according to ACER.  Apparently the components inside the case ONLY fit that
case. And the PS that I ordered is the same kind_down to the part number_
as the one that 'blew'. All the parts that 'go poof' are to be replaced by
the same/like ones. Even my local computer shop who is an ACER warranty
dealer, told me this. Only they are MUCH more pricey than the cost of just
the PS.

Does anyone know how why?? Is the MB the culprit that *needs* the exact
components rather than other kinds that most other computers would work
with?

Thanks for the web site suggestion, though.. I'm always shopping around for
different computer peripherals....

Patty B.


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