Using old case

[Microsoft Master]

So i want to be that guy who looks like he uses the old dell case from the early 2000's and when I take of the pannel they fall to the ground but i have 2 problems it has a hard drive mount of it and a incorrect io shield what should I do?

[Mira Yurizaki]

9 minutes ago, Microsoft Master said:

So i want to be that guy who looks like he uses the old dell case from the early 2000's and when I take of the pannel they fall to the ground but i have 2 problems it has a hard drive mount of it and a incorrect io shield what should I do?

If you can't pop out the I/O shield, time to get a Dremel tool to do the job.

 

Also what's wrong with a hard drive mount? If you need a 2.5" internal drive mount, you can get a converter.

[Microsoft Master]

Just now, M.Yurizaki said:

If you can't pop out the I/O shield, time to get a Dremel tool to do the job.

 

Also what's wrong with a hard drive mount? If you need a 2.5" internal drive mount, you can get a converter.

Its from the early 2000's so it has no internal plug in its all done through external wires its just a casing for the drives 

[Daniel644]

your bigger issues are the proprietary front panel ribbon cable header that won't work with your MOBO. you know the ON/OFF switch, reset and indicator lights.

[Mira Yurizaki]

4 minutes ago, Microsoft Master said:

Its from the early 2000's so it has no internal plug in its all done through external wires its just a casing for the drives 

You might want to take a picture of the case itself and show it to us.

2 minutes ago, Daniel644 said:

your bigger issues are the proprietary front panel ribbon cable header that won't work with your MOBO.

Nothing a bunch of 0.1" header wires can fix, unless they take some odd voltage.

[NTDaws]

You would need something like this for power.

 

https://www.amazon.ca/HDE-Power-Button-Computer-Switch/dp/B009CWY8PA

[Microsoft Master]

2 minutes ago, Daniel644 said:

your bigger issues are the proprietary front panel ribbon cable header that won't work with your MOBO. you know the ON/OFF switch, reset and indicator lights.

My Header is conected to the mobo and can be removed and this case had 2 disc readers and the front io shield can be removed.

[NTDaws]

4 minutes ago, Daniel644 said:

your bigger issues are the proprietary front panel ribbon cable header that won't work with your MOBO. you know the ON/OFF switch, reset and indicator lights.

reset and indicator isn't all that necessary. Just listen to the fans spin up.

[Microsoft Master]

And the power,usb,and audio jacks and mic jack are apart of the power hedar they arent permenatly put in the case

[Microsoft Master]

basically the power button is apart of a array of ports and jacks

[Microsoft Master]

[Microsoft Master]

Thats what i have

[NTDaws]

Not possible. The motherboard layout is different.

[Microsoft Master]

2 minutes ago, Dawson Wehage said:

Not possible. The motherboard layout is different.

Im saying i could get my dremmel and make the board i want fit and im going to get a asus repub of gamers board 

[NTDaws]

1 minute ago, Microsoft Master said:

Im saying i could get my dremmel and make the board i want fit and im going to get a asus repub of gamers board 

Why not buy a new case instead.

[SCHISCHKA]

26 minutes ago, Microsoft Master said:

So i want to be that guy who looks like he uses the old dell case from the early 2000's and when I take of the pannel they fall to the ground but i have 2 problems it has a hard drive mount of it and a incorrect io shield what should I do?

Get a standard ATX beige case from the 90s. Dell will be full of proprietary motherboard and connectors

[Microsoft Master]

1 minute ago, Dawson Wehage said:

Why not buy a new case instead.

I just like reusing stuff like this it just makes people amazed that people still use stuff like this

[swordsman247]

1 minute ago, Microsoft Master said:

I just like reusing stuff like this it just makes people amazed that people still use stuff like this

I fix computers from this era on a fairly regular basis. Some of them still do fine for basic stuff. I would find a case that at least has an atx format a lot of the dells from then are btx or even more odd.

[Microsoft Master]

1 minute ago, swordsman247 said:

I fix computers from this era on a fairly regular basis. Some of them still do fine for basic stuff. I would find a case that at least has an atx format a lot of the dells from then are btx or even more odd.

Ok this i know is one of the larger towers dell made and the funny thing is i still have all of the origional componets but the ports are destroyed like completly and i still have the port covers so you know ALL of the parts are there.

[swordsman247]

3 minutes ago, Microsoft Master said:

Ok this i know is one of the larger towers dell made and the funny thing is i still have all of the origional componets but the ports are destroyed like completly and i still have the port covers so you know ALL of the parts are there.

Can you take a picture of the back and inside? Then I can tell you about how much modding you will need to do.

[Microsoft Master]

1 hour ago, swordsman247 said:

Can you take a picture of the back and inside? Then I can tell you about how much modding you will need to do.

Ok