I'm not sure if it has been mentioned before, but win98 had an option to load drivers off of the CD. It came as a suprise when XP didn't have that option. I'm all for the thumb drive option, or at the very least, the ubiquitous CD-R
You're welcome. The SATA cables that are in there now are 24" ones. I think most standard sized SATA cables are ~20 inches or so. I figure I'd let you know just in case you want to use the shortest possible length. Also about the tape, I am aware of how tacky it looks. My brother does alot of...
Actually I had the time. Probably going to be late for work, but here you go. BTW, I tried rotating the harddrives the other way, and the SATA cables and power cables will stick out beyond what the side panel will allow. Of course I may be overlooking something. I am happy with the results that...
I'll take a pic of the other side after work today. I'll also have to try out the "reversed" hard drive thing. I'm pretty sure it'd work. BTW, My PS is modular too (Antec Neopower 480). Which one do you have?
Well here is my Rig. The first pic was when I first built it. The 2nd Pic is when I planned the routing of the cables after I established that everything worked properly.
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After:
I don't think that is a PCIe card though. Note that in the pics that there is no expansion port on the top for the SLI bridge chip.
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Last image has AGP 8x written on the box. See?