On 3/14/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">LP Tilly</b> <<a href="mailto:mail.list.lawrence@gmail.com">mail.list.lawrence@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div style="direction: ltr;"><span class="q">On 3/14/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Dylan R. Semler</b> <<a href="mailto:dsemler@macalester.edu" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">dsemler@macalester.edu
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<br>> I see three options at this time:<br>> 1. I find a non-laptop case that accepts laptop MBs<br>> 2. I find an adaptor or technique that allows me to mount a laptop<br>> MB into a more standard PC case.
<br>> 3. I throw the components on my spare parts pile and wait to see if<br>> I ever have need of building an out-dated laptop.<br><br>4. Make your own case! You know you want to:<br><a href="http://www.poseidonguild.com/legos/case2.php" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
http://www.poseidonguild.com/legos/case2.php</a></blockquote></span></div><div style="direction: ltr;"><div><br><br>Yeah. With a 3 year old and a 1 year old running around the house THAT case will have a long lifespan. ;-) It is tempting though.
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http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users</a><br><br><br></blockquote></div><br>You could try mounting the motherboard in a desktop case by buying some brass motherboard standoffs and just drilling holes where they need to go. Put the standoffs where they need to go, and mount the motherboard to the standoffs.
<br><br>This is what I've done in an old vcr that I'm modding into a pvr case, and it seemed to work pretty well.<br>