good video and thanks for sharing your method! I had an epiphany at about 10 minutes in: use two nuts per bolt! The steps would be: 1) Sum up the thicknesses of your motherboard, one L bracket, and one of your nuts (pun not intended)--that will be about how long each of the threaded portions of your bolts should be that will be securing the shell to the motherboard. NOTE: If the nuts you are using are thicker than the motherboard, then you need to factor in that extra thickness into the overall sum, obviously. 2) measure the general diameter of your nuts (again, pun not intended)--that will be the diameter of the hole you drill into the motherboard for each attachment point 3) mount the L brackets onto the shell as you showed 4) pass the bolt through each L bracket as you showed 5) screw a nut onto each bolt from the opposite side of each L bracket--this will secure the bolts in place so they don't "slip" back through the L bracket 6) drop the entire shell onto the motherboard; the nuts you just used to secure the bolts to their L brackets will fit nicely into the hole you drilled into the motherboard with the same diameter as the nut 7) Finally, screw the second nut onto each bolt from the back of the motherboard. Since the length of each bolt closely matches the total thickness of one nut, one L bracket, and the motherboard, there will be very little of the bolt exposed on the back once the second nut is attached. Adding that second nut and using bolts with threads that closely match the total thickness you are attaching together will both eliminate the need for using epoxy or glue to secure each bolt in place and ensure the only thing exposed on the back is about as thick as one of the nuts, which shouldn't even touch your back if you are using an alice pack. ;)
Deadpool Dad Don't mention it. There are a lot of way that you can mount a shell to a motherboard, this is just a good, simple, and inexpensive way to do it.
can you please go back a step?Im trying to figure out how to get the conner bracket to stay tight above the power cell. hoping for a quick response I haven't had a single second to work on the pack all most don't but can't seem to get this to stay in place Im kinda lost and gb fans isn't helping me much lol
No, the ALICE frame is spaced a half inch from the motherboard and you only use bolts long enough to go through your motherboard and still be able to secure them with nuts.
+paul quaresimo You can do anything that you want but I wouldn't advise it. The ALICE frames are designed to bear the load and to distribute it evenly. So without one, your pack us going to be pulling on the right side where it's heaviest because of the thrower hanging.
good video and thanks for sharing your method! I had an epiphany at about 10 minutes in: use two nuts per bolt! The steps would be:
1) Sum up the thicknesses of your motherboard, one L bracket, and one of your nuts (pun not intended)--that will be about how long each of the threaded portions of your bolts should be that will be securing the shell to the motherboard. NOTE: If the nuts you are using are thicker than the motherboard, then you need to factor in that extra thickness into the overall sum, obviously.
2) measure the general diameter of your nuts (again, pun not intended)--that will be the diameter of the hole you drill into the motherboard for each attachment point
3) mount the L brackets onto the shell as you showed
4) pass the bolt through each L bracket as you showed
5) screw a nut onto each bolt from the opposite side of each L bracket--this will secure the bolts in place so they don't "slip" back through the L bracket
6) drop the entire shell onto the motherboard; the nuts you just used to secure the bolts to their L brackets will fit nicely into the hole you drilled into the motherboard with the same diameter as the nut
7) Finally, screw the second nut onto each bolt from the back of the motherboard. Since the length of each bolt closely matches the total thickness of one nut, one L bracket, and the motherboard, there will be very little of the bolt exposed on the back once the second nut is attached.
Adding that second nut and using bolts with threads that closely match the total thickness you are attaching together will both eliminate the need for using epoxy or glue to secure each bolt in place and ensure the only thing exposed on the back is about as thick as one of the nuts, which shouldn't even touch your back if you are using an alice pack. ;)
That helps out alot brother.. thanks
Deadpool Dad Don't mention it.
There are a lot of way that you can mount a shell to a motherboard, this is just a good, simple, and inexpensive way to do it.
can you please go back a step?Im trying to figure out how to get the conner bracket to stay tight above the power cell. hoping for a quick response I haven't had a single second to work on the pack all most don't but can't seem to get this to stay in place Im kinda lost and gb fans isn't helping me much lol
Great tips! Is that a studio creations pack shell? Love it.
so the screw is going to be digging into my back all night?
No, the ALICE frame is spaced a half inch from the motherboard and you only use bolts long enough to go through your motherboard and still be able to secure them with nuts.
is their any way to do this with out a alice frame I have straps but no frame ? Im seriously lost with this process
+paul quaresimo You can do anything that you want but I wouldn't advise it.
The ALICE frames are designed to bear the load and to distribute it evenly. So without one, your pack us going to be pulling on the right side where it's heaviest because of the thrower hanging.
ok make sense after a re watch ill order an alice farme when i can
+paul quaresimo Let me know if you need help with anything else and I can get it done up as video for my channel.