Upgrading SE with SE/30 Logic Board... Doesn't Fit

[rjkucia]

I bought an SE/30 logic board to upgrade my SE, thinking it would fit, and it... *almost* does! But, the PSU connector is just a little bit further down on the SE/30 board, and whatever revision of the SE I have has a chassis does not seem to like it. You can see in these pictures that the PSU cable is in the way of the logic board getting flush with the case. Here's what I'm thinking my options are:

• Get an SE/30 case (obviously)
• Cut out the SE case to fit (feels like a shame since it's in great condition)
• Cut out the power connector to fit (this seems like a bad idea...)
• Put on the case cover and shove it all together (this seems even worse)

What sounds the least-bad? Or, hopefully, someone thinks of a trick that I haven't thought of Thanks!

 

[rjkucia]

I've posted this on 68kmla and gotten some responses there if anyone is interested: https://68kmla.org/bb/index.php?thr...-30-logic-board-doesnt-fit.40566/#post-439071

 

[rjkucia]

My solution, by the way, was to use an ATX extension cable and make some... modifications... to it. It should work in the short term but longer-term I should get an actual SE/30 chassis. Please let me know if you have one I could buy off you!

 

[pfuentes69]

Frankly speaking, I was totally convinced that the chassis of the SE and the SE/30 was the same... always learning new things...

 

[rjkucia]

lol, that was what I thought too! You can see some pictures I found in the 68kmla thread - the offending opening for the 14-pin cable is bigger, and there's an opening for a vertical PDS card.

 

[slomacuser]

That is strange as my SE has SE/30 logic board and everything fit as should..

 

[rjkucia]

Do you have a FDHD? I have a very early version and I believe there was a revision later on that changed the chassis.

 

[slomacuser]

No it is regular SE but I know that early SE models had diferent fan so could be you have an early model. What does yours fan look like? Regular one or cage one?

 

[slomacuser]

Something like this

 

[rjkucia]

Mine has a regular fan, not the cage one.

 

[rjkucia]

To wrap this up - I bought a rusty SE/30 chassis, cleaned that up, and replaced the chassis in my system. Everything fits great now, however being squeezed for so long made my logic board's power connector is a little... bent. Underneath I can see the pins on one side aren't as deep as the other. It doesn't look like there's a risk of contact being lost, but does anyone have a recommendation for a safe way to reseat the connector?