On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 09:55:19 -0800 Mark Knecht <mknecht@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Patrick Shirkey wrote: > > Mark Knecht wrote: > > > >> > >> 2) Be sure on this one that you like the motherboard in the box. It > >> doesn't look like a normal PC MB but something considerably smaller. > >> Not sure if you can replace that one very easily. > >> > > > > Looks like a micro atx mobo. They are standard and what I use in my > > portable. > > > > http://www.boosthardware.com/specs/rigs/Rua.html > > > > Sorry. Yes of course it's a standard motherboard. (Or I think it is.) > > I was really referring to the idea that if someone bought one fo these > machines and then had performance problems and wanted to put another MB > in the box they would find themselves limited by the MBs in that form > factor. (I.e. - what processor speeds, how much memory, etc.) It's not > as open as the more standard desktop size in this case. Search on micro atx here... there's several. It seems like most manufacturers make one. http://www.pricewatch.com/ > The deeper 1U case will take the standard bigger MB with the > disadvantage of being deeper. You can also get either a 2U or 3U rack > mount case that will take a standard larger MB (I forget what that MB is > called) and you can do water cooling in 2U and 3U so the machine is fine > for a studio but not so portable. > > Lots of options! > > - Mark > -- Though your brother's bound and gagged and they've chained him to a chair won't you please come to Chicago just to sing? In a land that's known as freedom how can such a thing be fair? Won't you please come to Chicago for the help that we can bring? {Graham Nash}
