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Old October 18, 2007, 05:18 AM
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Wow, good points!! Sorry I missed them from a few days ago. Let me address a few of them. I like the fact that you are commenting because you have probably had MUCH more time to play around with it than I did.


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First of all, it is possible to remove any/all of the top mounted ports wiring, but it's a little tricky, you have to remove the 3.5" bay device and at least the next 5.25" bay cover. You can now get at the wiring, each device, be it the USB ports or the audio ports is attached to the top by a connector, so if you are like me and don't have any use for the audio connections, just gently pull them out from the top and all three audio lines have been removed.
Good point. I only found this out after the review was published.

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Second, the reviewer should have mounted a fan on the hard drive cage (which is one of the best I've ever worked with), because the fan does not fit flush with the front bezel but expose's the entire fan housing. With the door closed, no big deal, but with the door opened it looks like the fan was added as an after thought.
Unfortunately, time constrains did not allow me to do this. The fan I was going to use (my only extra one at the time) was lodged onto a workstation with a stripped screw. Heck, it seems like stripped screws have become a norm around here lately... again, good point.


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Third, if you have a video card or or other expansion device that requires two slots, then you have to remove one screw besides the break away slot covers. Because there is almost no room for someone with chubby fingers, it is a real chore to replace the removed screw.
Luckily for me, I have dainty little fingers. I found this was more of a problem with the front top-mounted drive bay screws...

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One last point, the hard drive cage slides into the case on two rails (at least on my Anubis), thus it can only be used in the bottom three bays, preventing anyone from changing the hard drive bay location.
That is interesting because if you look in the review you will see that it mounted on one of the topmost rails without a problem.
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