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Video Card 2 Slots to 1 Slot
Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 11:33 am
by Aggressor Prime
The BFG GeForce 6800 Ultra PCI-E with 512MB of GDDR3 is 2 slots. If one would want to change that card to 1 slot, all he would have to do is change the cooling element to a 1 slot cooling element (preferably water cooling) and change the extension bracket (the thing that holds the DVI connectors at the back of the case) from 2 slots to 1 slot. The problem is, where can one find a replacement extension bracket that has the same design as BFG's card if it were 1 slot. Have you seen places online that carried this?
Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 7:18 pm
by AceCombat
uhhhhhhh.......my GFFx 5600 Ultra burned out. im on a 6600 OC now. i can take off the back plate of my 5600 which is DVI, S-vid and VGA D-sub and send it to you.
simple dremel cutting will make it dual DVI. if you want, i can cut the plate for you and then send it.
Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 7:30 pm
by Ferno
Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 9:30 pm
by AceCombat
measure the DVI slot size,then all you need is a permanent marker to mark the area around the VGA hole and cut it out with a small high speed metal cutting bit. POC
Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 10:40 pm
by Ferno
see above
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 1:18 am
by Vindicator
Cutting a decent looking hole in a small strip of metal is quite a bit harder than lopping the ends off some screws, though. Especially with the huge fiberglass cutting discs that i lurb so much
(they never break)
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 1:27 am
by fliptw
did nobody cosider simply cutting the expansion slot bracket of the 6800U in half?
no need to cut holes into anything.
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 2:29 pm
by AceCombat
Vindicator wrote:Cutting a decent looking hole in a small strip of metal is quite a bit harder than lopping the ends off some screws, though. Especially with the huge fiberglass cutting discs that i lurb so much
(they never break)
uhhh wrong, i dont use the discs. i use the small router looking bit, designed specifically for cutting light metals at high speed.
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 8:55 pm
by Ferno
See above x2
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2005 9:49 am
by Aggressor Prime
But do online stores sell spare extension brackets?
I'm not looking for something man-made. I'm looking for something machine-made, a bracket that was designed to change 2 slots to 1 slot.
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2005 2:47 pm
by AceCombat
i cant find anything on brackets made for cards. just plain solid brackets.
fliptw wrote:did nobody cosider simply cutting the expansion slot bracket of the 6800U in half?
no need to cut holes into anything.
aside from my idea, thats even better.
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2005 9:54 pm
by JMEaT
[quote="Ferno"][/quote]
O_o?