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Help..My A7V333 won't fit in my ATX case !!!!!!..

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anthrax

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I just brought a brand new ASUS A7V133 with /raid but have ran into a major issue.....
The board won't fit in the case properly....why....?
The Audio Out, Audio In, Mic in plug have been rearranged so that stand veritcally now.
Resulting in the height of the back plate increasing by 1/2 cm.....Therefore, it won't fit in my case
now...In most other boards these plugs are arranged horizontally with the game port on top..


I am currently using a Flextronics case at the moment
Ascii diagram of problem
diagram of the back plate of the board.

most other boards with inbuilt sound sound

[O]-------(======)-------(===)
[O]-[=](====)(====)-(o)-(o)-(o)
==================================

lay out of the ports on the A7V333
---------------------------------[O]
[ O ]--------- (======) -----[O]
[ O ] [=] ( === ) (===) [=] [O]
============================================
the second set of USB have been but in the location of the normal
audio out jack....and the jacks have been reposition veritcally.



------ = bank space...neede to hold the ASCII art together...

Has anyone else had any issue with similar arrangments of the audio out plugs?

The retailer won't take the board back as there is nothing wrong...
What should i do? i am not about to get a new case.....

thx :Q
 
Wow! Nice Ascii .. I always found it difficult to do ascii on the board .. you have shown me the way 🙂


Umm... you could mod the case a bit? You don't have a dremel or something like that?
 
moding the case is goin to be ticky.....coz its made of pretty think steel..plus i don't have to tools for it...
do you think i could get ASUS to replace it?......or maybe make them pay for a new aluminum case....
I have e-mailed them....I guess to be fair , i won't rant at them yet...
give them a chance to reply first......after all its currently the weekend..

Its probabaly a design over sight......no other board uses that type of arrangement....there was no way
I could have found this out..it was not labeled on the packaging......
even the A7V266 E doesn't have this layout........

oh well, i can wait a little bit.......

Still can use my A7V133 for the while (long time ASUS user here)., haven't brought my new CPU yet..waiting for my the next Athlon XP core
to come out....

I am sure more people will have a similar issue when they get the A7V133....
so to future buyers of the A7V133...beware..

about the ascii art...well, i had to use ------ to hold it together......?
 
My motherboard (TH7II-RAID) is like that as well. It came with a new case fitting, all I had to do was replace it with the existing one. I'm suprised Asus didn't include one ...
 
You've said A7V133 and A7V333. Which is it? I assume you mean the 333 because the 133 isn't designed like this. This isn't ASUS's fault. Any system builder has to check for compatibilty whether it's making sure you bought the right kind of RAM or making sure you bought the right form-factor. When the P4's hit the market, there were many cases and power supplies that weren't compatible. That's not Intel's fault either.
 
What are protocols for then? What are standards for?

If you're gonna sell an ATX motherboard shouldn't it fit into an ATX form factor case ..if it doesn't ... wouldn't that mean that you're changing the standard? The P4 connector on an ATX case is bullsh!t too.
 
yea, Asus did included one of those Razor Sharp back plates.......thats not the issue here....becuase that doesn't fit either....
very suprized thou becuase the case which i use.....quite a lot of first tier computer maker like dell,micron nec used them ......

Here is that Lay out of the A7V333 back pannel connectors

this new lay out of the audio jacks vertical now results
---------------------------------------|
------------------------------------- V
-------------------------------------[O]
[O]----------(======)---------[O]
[O]-[=]-(====)-(====)-[=]-[O]
====================================================
is mounted in a new connector block..this conector block is 1/2cm taller than the top of the parrallel port......
Problem is, the square hole at the back of my case ins't 1/2 cm wider....
 
Ah. So there was a new plate. Hmm. Looks like we're back to the original point now..............buy a new case or mod your existing case. Sucks either way, man.
 
Complain to Asus and tell them that if they're not gonna follow protocol that they have to buy you a new case. I know it's not gonna happen, but go make a stink about it.
 
I've been trying to find a copy of the ATX spec to see what it says about the audio jack placement. Anybody know where to find this? I'm not having any luck. 🙁
 
Either the makers of your case got it wrong, or asus got it wrong.... but protocols are meant just for this.


Like you wouldn't expect to buy a replacement clutch for your Toyota and then after you payed for the part it came in and the mechanic told you that it wouldn't fit right? Maybe that is a bad analogy, but you get my drift.
 
i don't understand why the ASUS supplied backplate doesn't fit...i mean, they only make one size.

sometimes they're a little tight to fit in, but u can do it herc....effort.

otherwise, DON'T mod the case, just mod the BACKPLATE...

OR

JUST TAKE THE BACKPLATE OUT...at least until u figure it out.
 
Don't listen to Nortexoid .. he's Canadian he doen't know what he's talking about.


Go find a lawyer.

Nice nick BTW. Did you hear that the old rocker band "anthrax" changed their name after the anthrax panic?
 
The best I can find is just a spec for the size of the back plate. The spec says "1.75 +/- .008 x 6.25 +/- .008". Is this the size of the plate ASUS provided?

Would not using the back plate cause any grounding problems? Modding that plate is a good idea too.
 
Above linkage linkified!

I love being a subscriber 🙂 ... If I was still freeloading I would only be writing out the first reply right now :Q 🙂


Um.. can I get an explanation on this grounding business? Please look at the pics in my signature .... the board in that custom case has a PS2 port that is fubared.. it won't work anymore and I'm thinking it might have something to do with this grounding thing people keep talkin' about.
 


<< I love being a subscriber 🙂 ... If I was still freeloading I would only be writing out the first reply right now :Q 🙂 >>


Just subscribed a few days ago. Super-awesome.
 


<< The issue is not the back plate....Its that it won't even fit in the hole..for the back plate. >>


Is that because the hole is too small or the plate is too big?
 
Is that because the hole is too small or the plate is too big?

The plate is too big .. see;

oh...noo..looks like ASUS is in trouble...
thet audio mount is abit more than 38mm high...

ATX 2.03 specification allow it only to be. 1.470 inchs high (MAX)
that converts to 37.338 mm ...
used www.all-nettools.com

Now.. onto the grounding issue....
 
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