A
good home for your hardware: Based
on ATX form factor motherboard specifications. It has a surface area of
14x9.5” on each bench which keeps the footprint small yet will support
hardware for a complete computer system! The motherboard is perfectly secure on
the upper shelf with a high friction rubberized standoff system that supports
the motherboard 1/4" off the bench surface (accommodates CPU cooler back
plates and increases air circulation). Nylon guide posts position the
motherboard perfectly on the Tech Station. Add-in cards are securely
locked in place with thumbscrews so the motherboard is safe yet available for
hands-on work and is easily removed.
Hard Drive
Storage/Cooling Rail System: Slide
the HDD's in/out on smooth non-conductive acrylic rails. Two
standard 3.5" hard drives can be easily
inserted, protected and cooled by rails suspended under the top shelf. One end
of the HDD Rails open to catch air from the 120mm cooling fan, a nylon stopper
keeps the drive from making contact with the fan. SSD
Drive Rails are also available.
No loose
Add-in cards! The Add-In Card
support brace solves the problem of loose motherboard add-in cards, loose cards
can damage circuitry. The brace
offers universal support for all add-in cards - blocking no cables or
connections, and has some lateral flexibility to make adding/removing cards
easy. Nylon thumb screws twist into the top of the brace and are
positioned at ATX form factor spec locations so seven add-in cards can be locked
in place.
Bottom shelf, load it
up:
The lower
shelf is for stacking the drives and power supply. Includes a neoprene mat
to make the entire shelf a non-slip and non-conductive work surface. There
is plenty of real estate here to hold optical, extra hard disks and floppy
drives.
Power the
PC On/Off and monitor HDD activity: Plugging
directly onto the motherboard, The ATX Control Kit takes the place
of the computer case power and reset switches, power and hard disk drive
activity lights, and system warning speaker so that PC hardware can operate
totally independent of a standard computer case.
Non-conductive
materials: The
Tech Station is made of non-electrically conductive, scratch-resistant,
high grade polymers and has tested ESD compliant both in-house and at AMD's labs in Austin TX.
Metal screws and brackets are not exposed in
sensitive areas, the motherboard rests on protective rubber standoffs,
the upper shelf has a non-slip neoprene work mat, and the test bench sits on
non-slip thermoplastic rubber feet. No
worries of frying your hardware like with a metal bench.
Keep
things cool:
A 120mm 12v fan positioned on the
left side forcing air over heat sensitive components on the motherboard and the
Hard Disk Drive(s) mounted
under the top shelf. A finger guard is included but the fan can
accommodate one on both sides.
Lots of
room to work: With
the motherboard on the top shelf there are no height restrictions for CPU
heatsinks and all the motherboard components can be changed very easily! The
height between shelves is 7” offering enough room for all your optical drives,
power supply, and even more hard drives if needed.
