Lenovo all in one conversion
Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2019 6:37 pm
So I want to put a regular Mini ITX board into a all in one desktop, and i have been looking at a Lenovo M72 chassis. Is this doable?
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Im mainly worried about board clearanceThinkpad4by3 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 12, 2019 8:23 pmIf you got a dremel, time, and a whole lot of will power...then yes.
Another issue is the video input of the screen. Even if it's eDP (Embedded Displayport) I've yet to encounter a motherboard with Displayport output; it's usually just HDMI.Thinkpad4by3 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 13, 2019 12:03 amJust get a VESA compatible MiniITX case and be done with this. There is no point in modding an M72 when a much easier solution exists.
The current case that is in I think is a vesa. It's an eMachine Mini case like you would see in somebody's office, but I crammed a gigabyte Mini ITX board with an i7 4790k and a GTX 1050 TI in itThinkpad4by3 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 13, 2019 12:03 amJust get a VESA compatible MiniITX case and be done with this. There is no point in modding an M72 when a much easier solution exists. Also look into MicroITX and NanoITX boards. What are you trying to do that requires a custom board?
The eMachine looks bigger and would make it much easier.axmaxwell wrote: ↑Sun Jan 13, 2019 11:18 amThe current case that is in I think is a vesa. It's an eMachine Mini case like you would see in somebody's office, but I crammed a gigabyte Mini ITX board with an i7 4790k and a GTX 1050 TI in itThinkpad4by3 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 13, 2019 12:03 amJust get a VESA compatible MiniITX case and be done with this. There is no point in modding an M72 when a much easier solution exists. Also look into MicroITX and NanoITX boards. What are you trying to do that requires a custom board?