microATX board in ATX case?

[RaginCajun]

anyone know if a microATX board will fit in a ATX case w/o any problems?

TIA

 

[RPB]

it should be fine

 

[mechBgon]

No problems here. Keep in mind that the I/O panel has to have cutouts for all the stuff on the motherboard or you'll have to add them.

 

[RaginCajun]

Thanks a bunch

I have a relative who has a POS HP Pavillion with a bad motherboard. I was just going to buy a cheap ATX socket 370 MB - the HP has a celeron 400, and install it into an old 7237 atx case that I have. BTW HP wants $185+ for the replacement MB.

 

[mechBgon]

Tekram has some Socket370 microATX boards on their online store that are $35. They only support the PPGA Celerons, but if that's what your friend has it might be worth a look. Tekram S381-M

 

[geeman]

why bother with a microatx board when you can get a full sized atx bx board for $46 including shipping. You might need the extra slots.

 

[RaginCajun]

geeman,

The reason I mentioned ATX is that the board I am replacing had onboard audio and video AND an onboard modem. The microATX is the only board that I found that has onboard audio/video. I wish that there would be full ATX like that, but I have not found any. I am looking for the cheapest way out for this guy.

mechBgon,

Thanks for the link. That looks like exactly what I need, along with a cheap modem.

 

[mechBgon]

Sure thing, and if you wanted to get a microATX case for him so you could keep your 7237, I spotted an interesting one at Directron: $35 Enermax microATX case... with 250W Enermax power supply!

 

[ElFenix]

any i810 or i815 board has both onboard video and sound. modem usually is an AMR card, which are a little hard to come by. an asus CUSL2 has those onboard (not the -C variant, though).