| #771 - XG Viper 2 Case |
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| Written by Zach Jeffers | |
| Sunday, 14 January 2007 | |
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Dissecting the Viper: Pulling the two included fans, we find that there is no information label on the fans. Just an XG label. Pealing these up returns no hidden information either. One thing to note is that the screws for mounting the 120mm fan adapter to the case look like fan mounting screws, but there really are not and are only meant for the plastic adapter. You can see that the adapter does have a slant to this and this is hang over the I/O area. If you are using a motherboard like the ECS KA3 MVP with the mini exhaust fan and shroud, you could potentially run into problems here.      To take of the front bezel, you just simply take out six screws and the front bezel swings right off. With the front bezel removed, you now have access to the intake fan at the bottom and the drive bay covers. These easily twist out and have included tabs to be screwed back into the case is you so need.     With the bezel free, you can see the transparency of the front LCD window. This second picture shows the plastic door hinges that are not removable.   The back of the bezel shows you a lot. You can see that 5.25� bay bezels are not screwed down, but rather clipped in. I like to the see the screwed in bezels as clip in bezels tend to fall out when working inside the bays. You can see that most of the leads found in the case all come back to two different cables. The second image shows the Front I/O leads. The third shows the LCD control leads.    Looking at the Front I/O panel, you can see that it is securely screwed down to the front bezel. This is a welcome site as plugging in a thumb drive could potentially press a clip in back into the case. Right below the Viper's front I/O bay is a pair of wires that go up the middle and 'T' off, one to each of the 'eyes'. These are the power LEDs. On the left 'eye', you can see a second LED. This is the hard drive activity LED. It would have been nice to see the same doubling up as the power LED.    With the LCD unit removed, you can see the front of a very high quality display, three control buttons, the display pins, back light LEDs.     On the back you can see that this display has a fairly simple layout. The top holds a battery for storing time and date. At the bottom you can see where the leads plug in as well as a system speaker, along with a temperature alarm speaker.    |