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Bert Hyman

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 2:20 am
Post subject: Actual dimensions of P5B-E?
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In various places on Asus' Web site and elsewhere, the dimensions of the
P5B-E are shown as either 12"x 9.6" or 12"x9.0".

The "standard" size would be 9.6"; is the 9.0" simply an error that's
gotten thoughtlessly repeated?

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 2:20 am
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Bert Hyman wrote:
> In various places on Asus' Web site and elsewhere, the dimensions of the
> P5B-E are shown as either 12"x 9.6" or 12"x9.0".
>
> The "standard" size would be 9.6"; is the 9.0" simply an error that's
> gotten thoughtlessly repeated?
>

The best place to check the size dimension of the motherboard, is to
download the user manual. The web site cannot be relied on for dimensions,
because they have got it wrong in the past.

Dimensioning is rather flexible now. For the full sized motherboard,
usually you can rely on the 12" dimension to still be 12". But the 9.6"
dimension can be shrunk down to as low as 7.4". So 9.0" is not much
of a change at all.

Where this is an issue, is with respect to mounting holes. Shrinking a
motherboard can reduce the mounting holes from nine to six, and leave
the edge of the board "flapping in the breeze". It looks like installing
DIMMs on the edge of the board, would be pretty dangerous without support.

I believe I've even seen a recent board (not an Asus), where they shrunk
the 12" dimension, but just a tiny bit. Seemed kind of stupid to be fooling
around with that dimension.

If they shrink both dimensions, they might as well be making a microATX board Smile

Paul

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Bert Hyman

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 10:57 am
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In news:etfn7e$ue8$1@aioe.org Paul <nospam DeleteThis @needed.com> wrote:

> Bert Hyman wrote:
>> In various places on Asus' Web site and elsewhere, the dimensions of
>> the P5B-E are shown as either 12"x 9.6" or 12"x9.0".
>>
>> The "standard" size would be 9.6"; is the 9.0" simply an error that's
>> gotten thoughtlessly repeated?
>>
>
> The best place to check the size dimension of the motherboard, is to
> download the user manual. The web site cannot be relied on for
> dimensions, because they have got it wrong in the past.

I'd have thought the printed manual would be the place most likely to be
wrong, being printed once and then forgotten.

>...
> Where this is an issue, is with respect to mounting holes. Shrinking a
> motherboard can reduce the mounting holes from nine to six, and leave
> the edge of the board "flapping in the breeze". It looks like
> installing DIMMs on the edge of the board, would be pretty dangerous
> without support.

That's exactly why I asked; thanks for the suggestion to look at the
manual.

The copy of the manual on the Asus Web site is marked "First Edition
August 2006" and has the dimensions as 12"x9".

Looking at the board layout drawings, the memory sockets, the SATA and
IDE connectors, the floppy drive connector and the 24-pin power
connector are all hanging out in the breeze on the unsupported side of
the board.

From the photos of the various P5B models on the Web site, the P5B-E
manual matches the photo.

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Bill16

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 1:16 pm
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In article <Xns98F663EB7E228VeebleFetzer RemoveThis @216.250.184.7>,
bert RemoveThis @iphouse.com says...
>
<snip>
>
> Looking at the board layout drawings, the memory sockets, the SATA and
> IDE connectors, the floppy drive connector and the 24-pin power
> connector are all hanging out in the breeze on the unsupported side of
> the board.
>
> From the photos of the various P5B models on the Web site, the P5B-E
> manual matches the photo.

This has been gone over before. If this is a worry, stick a few of
these under the edge.

http://www.levelingmounts.com/catalog/bumpers.pdf

Bill
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 8:57 am
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On 17 Mar 2007 14:48:54 GMT, Bert Hyman <bert.TakeThisOut@iphouse.com> wrote:

>In news:etfn7e$ue8$1@aioe.org Paul <nospam.TakeThisOut@needed.com> wrote:
>
>> Bert Hyman wrote:
>>> In various places on Asus' Web site and elsewhere, the dimensions of
>>> the P5B-E are shown as either 12"x 9.6" or 12"x9.0".
>>>
>>> The "standard" size would be 9.6"; is the 9.0" simply an error that's
>>> gotten thoughtlessly repeated?

According to the ATX specs, the space between the two center mounting
holes is 6.1 inches. If you zoom the photo of the board so the holes
are 6.1 inches apart, you can find the depth, which measures 9 inches.
>>>
>>
>> The best place to check the size dimension of the motherboard, is to
>> download the user manual. The web site cannot be relied on for
>> dimensions, because they have got it wrong in the past.
>
>I'd have thought the printed manual would be the place most likely to be
>wrong, being printed once and then forgotten.
>
>>...
>> Where this is an issue, is with respect to mounting holes. Shrinking a
>> motherboard can reduce the mounting holes from nine to six, and leave
>> the edge of the board "flapping in the breeze". It looks like
>> installing DIMMs on the edge of the board, would be pretty dangerous
>> without support.
>
>That's exactly why I asked; thanks for the suggestion to look at the
>manual.

Just slip the tips of your fingers underneath the board, and using
your thumbs, squeeze the DIMM into the socket. It's actually easier
than pressing the DIMMs into the socket.

>
>The copy of the manual on the Asus Web site is marked "First Edition
>August 2006" and has the dimensions as 12"x9".
>
>Looking at the board layout drawings, the memory sockets, the SATA and
>IDE connectors, the floppy drive connector and the 24-pin power
>connector are all hanging out in the breeze on the unsupported side of
>the board.
>
>From the photos of the various P5B models on the Web site, the P5B-E
>manual matches the photo.
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