Graphics card won't sit snugly!

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Good advice thanks.


Damn! Does everyone but me have a Dremel? They're so expensive....
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Most expensive part is the attachments... Bought one many years
ago, saw how each attachment lasted about 3 minutes till it'd
worn down, now only use it rarely if ever. I guess I"m just too
hard on mine. They do make better attachements but at higher
prices, diamond-embedded and such. Tin-Snips would make quick
work of the card bracket though, and a lot less messy than a
dremel even if finished cut isn't "perfect", who cares?.
 
kony said:
Most expensive part is the attachments... Bought one many years
ago, saw how each attachment lasted about 3 minutes till it'd
worn down, now only use it rarely if ever. I guess I"m just too
hard on mine. They do make better attachements but at higher
prices, diamond-embedded and such. Tin-Snips would make quick
work of the card bracket though, and a lot less messy than a
dremel even if finished cut isn't "perfect", who cares?.
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Ya. There are some jobs a Dremel is just perfect for though.
 
~misfit~ said:
Good advice thanks.




Damn! Does everyone but me have a Dremel? They're so expensive....
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Hehe. I used to wonder too, till I got one <g>.

Best dern little tool there is, but you don't have to get a 'Dremel'.
That's just one of the top notch brand names. Look for "rotary tool."

Dern things turn into a 'hobby' all their own, what with all the
attachments you can get for them.
 
~misfit~ said:
Ya. There are some jobs a Dremel is just perfect for though.
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Well, he's talking about the cutting discs. Shoot, you buy a tube of those.

I'll love to see him try a tin snipper on the AT case I modded into an ATX.
 
Well, he's talking about the cutting discs. Shoot, you buy a tube of those.

I'll love to see him try a tin snipper on the AT case I modded into an ATX.
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Yeah, a tool for each job... electric nibblers would probably be
best for that.
 
kony said:
Yeah, a tool for each job...
True

electric nibblers would probably be
best for that.
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The advantage to the rotary tool is it's flexibility. It may not be 'the
best', depending on how one defines that, tool for 'every' job but it's
capable of most.
 
"~misfit~" ..
Damn! Does everyone but me have a Dremel? They're so expensive....
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I use a bench grinder, myself. You can pick a cheapy up for thirty bucks (or less if you spot one at a
garage sale). Keeps your mower blade sharpened every season, polishes up rusty things if you get a wire
wheel for it. It's right up there with a drill press for essential tools for the home hobbyist..

Jon
 
Just to let people know that the suggestions put forward in this (my) thread
worked like a dream and I have now solved my problem of the graphics card
not sitting snugly in the agp slot.

I didn't realise that these were tiny slots in the case that the bottom of
the card fits into, and this solved all of my problems.

Thanks to everyone for their advice!

John
 
Well, he's talking about the cutting discs. Shoot, you buy a tube of those.

I'll love to see him try a tin snipper on the AT case I modded into an ATX.
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You don't have to buy Dremel. Black and decker makes a roto-tool that
works just as well. Cost around 19.95 at Wal-mart.
You can also get low cost rotary tools at Harbor Freight Tools.
They have stores as well as being online.(My roto tool kit came from
Harbor Freight and cost 9.95 on sale. 16,250rpm with 60 accessories.
Item # 41695. Not the best but it does OK.)
I also have a small 1/4 inch drill that runs at 12,000rpms that I use
for the heavy detail work.
If you eat up cutting wheels alot switch to diamond wheels.
I get a pack of diamond wheels at Harbor Freight for around 9 bucks
and they are tough.
If you want to cut on the CASE use a hack saw with a fine tooth
blade(32T) or a Jig saw with a fine blade.
Of course a small saws-all would be perfect.
If you're going to try and use a tin snip it better be a compound
model with tool steel jaws.
 
gothika said:
You don't have to buy Dremel. Black and decker makes a roto-tool that
works just as well. Cost around 19.95 at Wal-mart.
You can also get low cost rotary tools at Harbor Freight Tools.
They have stores as well as being online.(My roto tool kit came from
Harbor Freight and cost 9.95 on sale. 16,250rpm with 60 accessories.
Item # 41695. Not the best but it does OK.)
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Yes. Thank you. That's what I told misfit: to look for "rotary tool."
 
out of curiosity... what POS case is that?

John said:
Just to let people know that the suggestions put forward in this (my) thread
worked like a dream and I have now solved my problem of the graphics card
not sitting snugly in the agp slot.

I didn't realise that these were tiny slots in the case that the bottom of
the card fits into, and this solved all of my problems.

Thanks to everyone for their advice!

John

monitor (the
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