First post, by bergqvistjl
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So I've got myself a Baby AT Mobo (Jetway J-542B).
Anyway, when mounting it in my new old stock Desk Top AT case (which has standoff holes for ATX, AT & Baby AT), when screwing in into the standoffs in the correct positions, none of my expansion cards fit - they're about 1 or 2 MM off - to the extant that if I removed the brackets on all of the cards, that would give them enough room to fit.
So what i've done is instead of screwing the mobo into the standoffs, just left it resting on there while moving it back slightly so that I can install the expansion cards - meaning that the only thing holding the mobo still is the fact that the expansion cards (GP card, 2x PCI & 1x ISA) are screwed into the case using the expansion slot brackets.
Is this safe? The motherboard appears stable, its not moving of its own, and I don't have a massive CPU cooler or anything like that.
My ATX board fit perfectly in the case, I should add.