A few spare parts lying around....
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Posted by Steven O. on July 23, 2006, 4:49 pm
Please log in for more thread options other parts: ASUS A8N-E Motherboard AMD Athlon 3500+ CPU Ultra 500 Watt ATX Model ULT-500P power supply 2 Seagate 160 Gig SATA2 Hard drives Cooler Master PowerSpec case I finally had a chance to clean up, and found a few parts that I think -- but I'm not sure -- came either with the motherboard or case. 1. Three black rubber-band type things, about 2 inches in diameter. 2. A thicker, solid metal ring, about an inch in diameter, where the material of the ring itself is maybe 1/4 to 3/8 of an inch in diameter. 3. A piece of square plastic, about one inch on each side, with a flat top and a thin base shaped like an X -- the total thickness (top and base) is about 1/4 inch. The flat top has a piece of shiny paper which can clearly be peeled off, and there is some sticky stuff underneath. I can't find anything in any of the manuals about what these might be used for. Anyone have any idea if any of these things are supposed to be somewhere inside the case of my computer? I'm guessing maybe the rubber bands are meant to organize and tidy up the tangle of cables inside the case. The other two things -- the solid round ring and the flat square piece of plastic -- I have no idea. Clues? Hints? Steve O. "Spying On The College Of Your Choice" -- How to pick the college that is the Best Match for a high school student's needs. www.SpyingOnTheCollegeOfYourChoice.com | |||||||||||||
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Posted by JAD on July 23, 2006, 5:02 pm
Please log in for more thread options ribbon cable binders > 2. A thicker, solid metal ring, about an inch in diameter, where the
> material of the ring itself is maybe 1/4 to 3/8 of an inch in > diameter. ferrite ring for the leds and power wires > 3. A piece of square plastic, about one inch on each side, with a
> flat top and a thin base shaped like an X -- the total thickness (top > and base) is about 1/4 inch. The flat top has a piece of shiny paper > which can clearly be peeled off, and there is some sticky stuff > underneath. wire router/holder >
the Best Match for a high school student's needs.
> I can't find anything in any of the manuals about what these might be > used for. Anyone have any idea if any of these things are supposed to > be somewhere inside the case of my computer? I'm guessing maybe the > rubber bands are meant to organize and tidy up the tangle of cables > inside the case. The other two things -- the solid round ring and the > flat square piece of plastic -- I have no idea. Clues? Hints? > > Steve O. > > > "Spying On The College Of Your Choice" -- How to pick the college that is > www.SpyingOnTheCollegeOfYourChoice.com
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Posted by Steven O. on July 23, 2006, 6:00 pm
Please log in for more thread options >> 1. Three black rubber-band type things, about 2 inches in diameter.
>ribbon cable binders
> >> 2. A thicker, solid metal ring, about an inch in diameter, where the
>> material of the ring itself is maybe 1/4 to 3/8 of an inch in >> diameter. >ferrite ring for the leds and power wires
> >> 3. A piece of square plastic, about one inch on each side, with a
>> flat top and a thin base shaped like an X -- the total thickness (top >wire router/holder
Okay... everything seems to be working okay without that stuff in there. True, it's kind of a mess of cables, but I made sure everything was out of the way of the fans. Is there any reason to go back in and bind up the cables? That "ferrite ring" sounds like it could be important, but again, everything seems to be okay as is. Is there some important reason to put the ferrite ring in, and if so, where/how? Thanks again. Steve O. "Spying On The College Of Your Choice" -- How to pick the college that is the Best Match for a high school student's needs. www.SpyingOnTheCollegeOfYourChoice.com | |||||||||||||
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Posted by Osiris on July 24, 2006, 5:31 am
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>As recently posted, I finished building a new PC which included, among
>other parts: > >ASUS A8N-E Motherboard >AMD Athlon 3500+ CPU >Ultra 500 Watt ATX Model ULT-500P power supply >2 Seagate 160 Gig SATA2 Hard drives >Cooler Master PowerSpec case > >I finally had a chance to clean up, and found a few parts that I think >-- but I'm not sure -- came either with the motherboard or case. >1. Three black rubber-band type things, about 2 inches in diameter. >2. A thicker, solid metal ring, about an inch in diameter, where the >material of the ring itself is maybe 1/4 to 3/8 of an inch in >diameter. that ring is probably for the leads that go from mobo to the front of the case: leds, switches etc. Bundle the leads together and loop the bundle through the ring a few times. See to it that it cannot make contact with anything on the Mobo. | |||||||||||||
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Posted by Osiris on July 24, 2006, 5:32 am
Please log in for more thread options btw: open up a friends computer and look around.
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> other parts:
>
> ASUS A8N-E Motherboard
> AMD Athlon 3500+ CPU
> Ultra 500 Watt ATX Model ULT-500P power supply
> 2 Seagate 160 Gig SATA2 Hard drives
> Cooler Master PowerSpec case
>
> I finally had a chance to clean up, and found a few parts that I think
> -- but I'm not sure -- came either with the motherboard or case.
> 1. Three black rubber-band type things, about 2 inches in diameter.