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post #71 of 1170
9/8/12 at 6:17am
MY CL came with a ton of spare screws on top of what was needed. The PSU screws were thumb screws in a bag taped to the outside of the PSU cover plates bag.
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post #72 of 1170
9/8/12 at 8:26am
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Yeah I have a ton those. But they don't fit.
It appears that PSU takes M3 0.5MM thread size screws, as the one on left fits and goes in smoothly. The thumb screws from CL makes a only one turn in PSU and then gets stuck. Don't want to force it until I am sure.

EVGA should have supplied thumb screws but have not seen it in any of the unboxing videos.

Edited by Seanimus - 11/28/12 at 9:01pm
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post #73 of 1170
9/8/12 at 8:32am
It's normal for a PSU not to provide screws, but the standard PSU screw is not M3. That seems an odd choice.
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post #74 of 1170
9/8/12 at 8:39am
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Originally Posted by Electrocutor View Post

It's normal for a PSU not to provide screws, but the standard PSU screw is not M3. That seems an odd choice.

Agreed. The CaseLabs thumbscrews fit my Corsair.
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post #75 of 1170
9/8/12 at 8:40am
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Thanks for that information. I can stop looking in house now for EVGA screws...smile.gif
Don't know if I should force the CL Thumb Screws or send EVGA a note first to confirm size.
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post #76 of 1170
9/8/12 at 8:52am
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Thanks Electrocutor and cpachris.
Just had to give one hard turn and rest went fine for 3 of them. 4th was a bit harder but it went through. Guess its normal for PSU screws to be hard to put in, so it gets a good grip for slots without PSU support bracket.
Looks much better smile.gif


A shot of the Motherboard back plate. Can reset CMOS back there...

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Edited by Seanimus - 11/28/12 at 9:02pm
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post #77 of 1170
9/8/12 at 12:56pm
I had the same issue with my CL thumb screws, one of them didn't want to go into my Seasonic PSU so I gave it more force and it went in after a few turns without any problems. Probably is the finish on the CL screws or unclean threads.
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Delidded i7 3770K @4.5GHz Asus Maximus V Extreme EVGA GeForce GTX 480 Corsair Dominator GT 8GB  
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Samsung 830 SSD 256GB Asus DVD Burner DRW-1814BLT Custom Water Cooling Loop Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit 
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NEC 19" MultiSync 1970GX Logitech Illuminated Keyboard Seasonic X-1250 Power Supply Case Labs STH10 
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CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Delidded i7 3770K @4.5GHz Asus Maximus V Extreme EVGA GeForce GTX 480 Corsair Dominator GT 8GB  
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
Samsung 830 SSD 256GB Asus DVD Burner DRW-1814BLT Custom Water Cooling Loop Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit 
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NEC 19" MultiSync 1970GX Logitech Illuminated Keyboard Seasonic X-1250 Power Supply Case Labs STH10 
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Logitech G9 FUNC ID. 
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post #78 of 1170
9/8/12 at 8:26pm
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Used the 3M Fiber thing on 24-PIN PSU connector (left on picture below) to start getting measurements on cables going..


wil have to do the motherboard connector as well..
and while doing that maybe eveng those shiny back plate connectors..so many serial numbers on an EVGA motherboard--getting distracting:


the problem is that those sleeved connections into the motherboard are going to look real congested..going through the default CL cutouts.



Thinking of just cutting a bigger cutout; joining both cutouts and expanding to the left; and placing 0.25" (~6mm) white acrylic there with white CCFL back light..that will be a lot of work..



Edited by Seanimus - 11/28/12 at 9:02pm
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post #79 of 1170
9/8/12 at 9:58pm
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Originally Posted by Systemlord View Post

I had the same issue with my CL thumb screws, one of them didn't want to go into my Seasonic PSU so I gave it more force and it went in after a few turns without any problems. Probably is the finish on the CL screws or unclean threads.
Thanks for response.
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post #80 of 1170
9/9/12 at 6:19pm
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So for the cutout..had to clean my garage work table. That center section is big.
My 8 foot garage workbench will probably survive a hurricane, while the rest of the house flies away (built it myself):

Those double 2x4" right angled legs..heh


Started to mask the center section:


Handy dandy JigSaw:

Not that bad..


Filed it, sanded a bit and primer on just that cut..leaving rest of CL unthouched with primer or paint.

Had nothing to do, so decided to cut the white acrylic to try it out behind the CL cutout:


Behind the CL, to mark holes to drill for bolts.


Sorry got excited and missed taking a few shots:
But here added CCFL at the back and voila:
Those cables are default EVGA and is not connected to PSU. Just there to gauge spacing and tension on wires


Here's another shot with no back lights:


And one back light (about 2000K light):

Edited by Seanimus - 11/28/12 at 9:02pm
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