Won't most ATX cases accept micro ATX boards?

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There are a lot of screw holes drilled in the motherboard base on both of my
computer cases. Some appear to line up with configurations I see on micro ATX
boards. Aren't the metal forms that snap into the case for rear plugins the
same @ 6 1/4" x 1 3/4" size for ATX and micro ATX boards?

Thanks for your help.

Larc



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Larc said:
There are a lot of screw holes drilled in the motherboard base on both of
my
computer cases. Some appear to line up with configurations I see on micro
ATX
boards. Aren't the metal forms that snap into the case for rear plugins
the
same @ 6 1/4" x 1 3/4" size for ATX and micro ATX boards?

Thanks for your help.

Larc
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Almost all ATX cases will work perfectly with micro-ATX mainboards. The
only catch is, you might need to move and/or remove some of the standoffs.
The metal forms are the same physical size, but each one is customized for a
specific model and version number of mainboard. So if you switch from a ATX
to micro-ATX, you'll need to use the cover plate that came with the
micro-ATX mainboard. But you'd still have to change it if you swapped from
one ATX board to a different ATX board. -Dave
 
Mike T. said:
Almost all ATX cases will work perfectly with micro-ATX mainboards. The
only catch is, you might need to move and/or remove some of the standoffs.
The metal forms are the same physical size, but each one is customized for
a specific model and version number of mainboard. So if you switch from a
ATX to micro-ATX, you'll need to use the cover plate that came with the
micro-ATX mainboard. But you'd still have to change it if you swapped
from one ATX board to a different ATX board. -Dave
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Also, you may need slightly longer IDE cables and such.

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|
| | > There are a lot of screw holes drilled in the motherboard base on both of
| > my
| > computer cases. Some appear to line up with configurations I see on micro
| > ATX
| > boards. Aren't the metal forms that snap into the case for rear plugins
| > the
| > same @ 6 1/4" x 1 3/4" size for ATX and micro ATX boards?
| >
| > Thanks for your help.
| >
| > Larc
| >
|
| Almost all ATX cases will work perfectly with micro-ATX mainboards. The
| only catch is, you might need to move and/or remove some of the standoffs.
| The metal forms are the same physical size, but each one is customized for a
| specific model and version number of mainboard. So if you switch from a ATX
| to micro-ATX, you'll need to use the cover plate that came with the
| micro-ATX mainboard. But you'd still have to change it if you swapped from
| one ATX board to a different ATX board. -Dave

That's what I thought. Thanks very much to you and Efty. :)

Larc



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