[sllug-members]: Moving parts from one tower to another.

[Don Flemming]

rog, Good luck. I've done several things like that and there shouldn't bee any real problems.It used to be you had to have your video card in pci slot one or it wouldn't necassarily work. I don't know if that is still true. I don't know how old you cables are but ribbon cables get stiff as they grow old. then when you move them they tend to break. You might want to look at new ones. Let me know how it goes.
  Don

rog <circle at utahweb.com> wrote:
          Can anyone warn me of the specific problems of moving all the parts from one tower to another larger tower?
   
  What I gain from the move in putting the parts of my best working computer into a larger aluminum tower would be:  I could install a second hard drive cooler and use several, larger hard drives simultaneously.  I would have a new, larger rated power supply.  Hopefully the new tower would run cooler.  At least I could add more fans without worrying about popping the power supply.   
   
  I have installed drives.  Put RAM in.  I have not destroyed a computer yet.  I have never pulled all those plugs on the MOBO.  In fact.  What order is best to do this.  I would guess I would move all the drives first.  Use stickies to label all the ends of the cables as I unplugged them.  Then move the MOBO.  That way I would not be dropping parts onto the MOBO as I was trying to secure the drives.  
   
  For sure. I will wait for a day when the stores are open.  In case I need some little piece of hardware to finish.
   
  What else should I be concerned about?
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