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First post, by Ozzuneoj

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I've been trying to fix up a lot of my old hardware lately and you guys have helped tremendously. This one may be a little tougher though...

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Can anyone identify what type of AT full tower this is, and what type of 5 1/4" bay covers I can use on it? I've had it for at least 10 years and its been tinkered with many many times. It used to just house all of my old beige drives since it has 6 bays. I'm sure it probably had the bay covers when I got it originally but I likely did something stupid and got rid of them at some point and I do not have a single one that fits it anymore.

Also, I picked up this CT1350 card several months ago, and its in fantastic shape with all of the disks, books, and box, but the poor little fella is missing his volume knob for some reason. Has anyone ever replaced one of these? If so, what would you use? I've looked at a few different things that have pots + knobs on them but i never found anything that looked like it'd fit. Also, is it normal for the sticker on the back of the card to say CT1350A but the card itself says CT1350B Rev. 3 ?

Now for some blitting from the back buffer.

Reply 1 of 6, by mmx_91

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AFAIK, yo can use standard 5 1/4" bay covers. If you haven't got any spare ones, maybe you can try the one of the other tower to check. From my experience, in the worst case it will only fit a bit loose.

For the volume knob, maybe recycling one from a dead pocket radio? However, in your local electronic components shop you may find these tiny potentiometers that often come with its own knob, they are pretty standard, something like this:

http://cdn.pollin.de/article/xtrabig/XA240444.JPG

Good luck! 😀

Reply 2 of 6, by Ozzuneoj

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Ah, good idea with the small potentiometer! I'll check RadioShack...

As for the bay covers, all of mine actually fit differently. Some have longer "hooks" than others. None of mine fit this case.

Now for some blitting from the back buffer.

Reply 3 of 6, by candle_86

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Ozzuneoj wrote:

Ah, good idea with the small potentiometer! I'll check RadioShack...

As for the bay covers, all of mine actually fit differently. Some have longer "hooks" than others. None of mine fit this case.

Well can you rig something up thats close, then you should be able to get new ones made by any shop with a 3d printer

Reply 4 of 6, by adalbert

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I recently replaced a potentiometer of the same type in a ES1688F card. The old potentiometer had broken left channel and produced crackling sound. I desoldered similar pot from and old CD-ROM drive. It worked, but unfortunately doesn't give proper volume range - I can't mute audio now, it works only from about 50% to 100% volume. So the resistance value is important if you want it to work correctly. I can't find proper pots in my country, and I don't see them on aliexpress or on other sites with international shipping.

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Reply 5 of 6, by Brickpad

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You could try using hot glue to hold the 5.25" bay covers in place. At least with hot glue it's semi-permanent, so when you want to move a drive or remove a cover, it won't damage the plastic.

Reply 6 of 6, by Anonymous Coward

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I have a few special 5.25" drive covers that are screwed into the metal cage like a hard drive. I recommend you try to track down this type of cover, as they are universal.

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