I always liked vertical CMOS battery holders. Until now.
I thought about moving the capacitors to the opposite side of the board, but they are surface mounted and not through-hole.
It would still collide with the little arm that holds it in place.
I've had a similar experience when trying to use later PCIe GPUs (2009 and onward) in some early PCIe motherboards.
They are simply too long to physically fit, bumping into motherboard capacitors, heat sinks, battery holders, you name it.
Isolate battery edges and arm. Done. Or you can't install the card into slot properly?
I must be some kind of standard: the anonymous gangbanger of the 21st century.
It's not fully inserted. At best, I could replace the surface mount polymer capacitors with a through-hole version with some extra length and tilt it out of the way. But I'm not keen on modifying this card and it's the first one out of several that I've bought so far that actually works.
Easiest solution would to change motherboard ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I must be some kind of standard: the anonymous gangbanger of the 21st century.
Kahenraz wrote on 2022-04-23, 08:59:But I'm not keen on modifying this card and it's the first one out of several that I've bought so far that actually works.
Remote mount the battery
That's what I settled on as the best option, if I want to use this particular motherboard.
That's really unfortunate 😒
The Serpent Rider wrote on 2022-04-23, 10:13:Easiest solution would to change motherboard ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
or change the graphics card 😋
Well, yeah, you can always install GeForce FX 5900XT. Although motherboard deserves an axe anyway.
I must be some kind of standard: the anonymous gangbanger of the 21st century.
