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707144 2008-09-23 06:47:00 Quick question; anyone know for sure if IBM motherboards are proprietary, or do they conform to the usual ATX/mATX forms? Myth (110)
707145 2008-09-23 06:57:00 I have worked on some that had proprietary hardware - but thats not to say they all are. wainuitech (129)
707146 2008-09-23 07:21:00 I guess the only way to know for sure is to move the mobo from one case to another and see if the mounts line up Myth (110)
707147 2008-09-23 07:44:00 I friend of mine has an old IBM which uses a standard mATX board (and a fairly sensible chassis)

I've never opened one of those real thin desktop IBMs but going by the location of everything on the outside, I'm pretty sure they'd be nonstandard...
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707148 2008-09-23 07:55:00 I just opened up a new M-series today, and the hard drive is mounted at the back of the case with the sata connection nearly poking out the back - dvdrom is in the normal place still - I think it's to make room for the heatsink, which takes up half the case!! It's just a core 2 duo though . . . . . certainly different to all the other IBM's we have though! :confused: nofam (9009)
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