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Hi all,
I bought the IW-RF100. It's a nice little 1U rack case for MINI ITX (6.7“ x 6.7“), ATX(12” x 10”) main boards. I knew I wasnt going to get an I/O shield that could fit with the board I am using, I'm fine with leaving it open. I may look for the In Win customizable I/O shield in the future.
The case is 1U, so that's a tight fit. I have RAM that is low enough and a CPU fan this is low enough (blower type). My issue is, one of my issues is, with mounting the main board. The board does not sit flush on the stand-offs. It "hovers". The stand-offs are supershort to accommodate the low head room. BUT, on the bottom of any main board you have the screws that attach the ZIF socket for the CPU. These screws are the lowest point of the main board. Because the stand-offs are so short the ZIF CPU socket screws make contact with the case first and prevent the main board from settling onto the stand-offs.
I'm baffled how any mainboard can be mounted in this chassis. I see there are a few recommended main boards to use with this case, however they all use Socket 1151 which would also have this issue. The directions for the IW-RF100 show how to install a fan, a hard drive, but do not show the procedure to mount the main board on this non-standard way. What am I missing?
I bought the IW-RF100. It's a nice little 1U rack case for MINI ITX (6.7“ x 6.7“), ATX(12” x 10”) main boards. I knew I wasnt going to get an I/O shield that could fit with the board I am using, I'm fine with leaving it open. I may look for the In Win customizable I/O shield in the future.
The case is 1U, so that's a tight fit. I have RAM that is low enough and a CPU fan this is low enough (blower type). My issue is, one of my issues is, with mounting the main board. The board does not sit flush on the stand-offs. It "hovers". The stand-offs are supershort to accommodate the low head room. BUT, on the bottom of any main board you have the screws that attach the ZIF socket for the CPU. These screws are the lowest point of the main board. Because the stand-offs are so short the ZIF CPU socket screws make contact with the case first and prevent the main board from settling onto the stand-offs.
I'm baffled how any mainboard can be mounted in this chassis. I see there are a few recommended main boards to use with this case, however they all use Socket 1151 which would also have this issue. The directions for the IW-RF100 show how to install a fan, a hard drive, but do not show the procedure to mount the main board on this non-standard way. What am I missing?
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