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johnnymk
03-23-2008, 05:44 AM
I just finished building a SFF Quad Core computer. It has room for two 5.25 drives and two 3.25 hard drives. It also has the usual floppy space.

I would like to insert something into the floppy space just because. I don't use floppies anymore since flash drives came out.

Any ideas?
Cheesypuff
03-23-2008, 08:07 AM
you can buy one of those 12 in 1 card readers for that space. When md-players were hot, i was gonna buy myself a md drive for that spot, but they were always too expensive...good thing they were, i don't use them anymore. =)

but yeah, i think a 12 in 1 card reader will do you good, and most of them come with 2 extra usb slots, can't have too many of those. lol...also....back when i was researching what to put in that slot, i found a product that was a cup holder for that spot. lol...i found it funny.
Showtime
03-23-2008, 09:43 AM
You can also mount another hd in there. But always be aware of extra heat in your sff case. I would probably use it as a vent or grab a reader/reader w/floppy like cp said.
DarkFury
03-23-2008, 10:37 AM
Honestly, every now an then a floppy disk becomes useful and I'm glad I still had a floppy drive in there.

I keep my Norton Ghost 2003 boot up on a floppy (although I have figured out a way to get it to work on a CD now). I also run other DOS based programs for diagnostics and updates on floppy as well.

More or less, I recently bought a USB floppy disk drive from SurplusComputers.com that really makes having one installed in the case obsolete (in case I just need that format.. plus it comes in handy when using laptops that don't have a floppy by default. :D )
renovation
03-23-2008, 10:41 AM
buy a temp meter/gage to fit in there
Devhux
03-23-2008, 12:44 PM
buy a temp meter/gage to fit in there

Most of them are 5.25" ones.
Kevster
03-23-2008, 08:10 PM
You can put a LOT of things in there!

Like Cheesypuff said, a multi-format flash reader is very popular, as well as some of these others:

Look at what SVC has for 3.5" fan controllers and other devices:

http://www.svc.com/fancont35.html

I personally have a super I/O panel (USB2, Firewire, Audio Connections) in one of mine, and an HD in the other.