On Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:17:12 -0600, "Karl O. Pinc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >On 11/20/2008 12:13:50 AM, Wim Vandeputte Mailing list only wrote: > >> >> Sure, how about drilling a small hole in the bracket, alligned with >> the >> hole in the soekris case, like this: > >> >> just use a bolt + nut, no need to tap a thread into the pci bracket. >> In my case, I recycled a spacer nut as it was the first thing >> I found on my desk... > >I thought about that and didn't like the failure mode. >If the bolt ever comes off that leaves the nut >inside the case, where a loose piece of conductive >material is a very bad idea. I figured I could >epoxy the nut to the pci bracket but then I may as >well just use a blob of epoxy to put a protrusion >onto the case in a place that keeps the pci bracket >from moving in the first place. Not if you do what I did and fit the nut on the *outside* (I have bolts on the inside facing out, with nuts as spacers, then the pci plate, then a washer and another nut holding the pci plate) you can just see what I mean here - http://picasaweb.google.com/morgadave/MyNewNTPServer#5239967705446492050 the 'spacer' nuts were deliberate to aid in the ventilation of the case best regards Dave (if anyone has old copies of my stuff from www.morgad.co.uk I would love a copy back, as my webserver is dead with hardware failure and a corrupted file system, and I currently have none of my 4801 or ntp stuff) -- http://www.eclipse.co.uk/morgad/index.html gpg:0x64B5E037 Distributed Proofreaders: http://www.pgdp.net The NTP server pool http://www.pool.ntp.org The L&B is being rebuilt! http://www.lynton-rail.co.uk _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
