> Great - looks like the real problem is found. > Sounds like your case is way out of spec. > Maybe a case for moving the studs a few mm nearer the back. I assume ...
It seems the mainboard is not perpendicular to the case back panel. It is close enough to enable the lug on the card's metal plate to locate precisely in its slot, but the gap increases towards the top edge. I have a cunning plan (actually plan A and plan B :) for dealing with this. Alternatively, I might just leave well alone now I've got it working again, and tell the cat to tread lightly near it, instead of thundering up and down the stairs after her stuffed mouse. ;O) Ian. > -----Original Message----- > From: tony > Sent: 14 March 2002 10:03 > To: ql-users > Cc: tony > Subject: Re: [ql-users] Is there a Qdoctor in the house? > > > On Thu, 14 Mar 2002 at 09:26:51, wrote: > (ref: <H0000b5f122c22a6.1016098010.ln4p1327.ldn.swissbank.com@MHS>) > > >> What I did on the I/O cards that passed through me was remove > >> the metal > >> locating strip, and file the cutouts which screwed onto > the D plugs so > >> that the card sat lower onto the board sockets. > > > >I loosened the nuts and found enough play in the metal strip > to be able > >to slide it a couple of millimetres which was all it needed; however > >the remaining problem is the card doesn't sit close enough > to the slots > >in the back panel to be able to screw it down without > pulling on it to > >line it up with the screw hole. When I do that I can see the tension > >lifting the mainboard. That is probably because the stand-off at the > >far end of the mainboard isn't high enough. For the time being I've > >left the card unscrewed so it can find its own position. It > is clamped > >in place by the overlapping head of the screw holding the blank plate > >covering the slot below. It's all back in the case now and > was running > >lastnight for a couple of hours without problems. I'll have to make > >sure I'm very careful when I try connecting a printer to the parallel > >port! > > Great - looks like the real problem is found. > Sounds like your case is way out of spec. > Maybe a case for moving the studs a few mm nearer the back. I assume > the misalignment is not enough to warrant drilling all new holes? > Maybe a very small cylindrical file would do the job - to make oval > looking holes: > __ > (__) > -- > QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:252/67) +44(0)1442-828255 > tony@<surname>,demon.co.uk http://www.firshman.demon.co.uk > Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 > TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG > Visit our website at http://www.ubswarburg.com 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.
