A good
home for your hardware: Based
on ATX form factor motherboard specifications providing a full 13x13”
of surface area for total accommodation of all motherboards including
mITX, mATX, ATX, and extended ATX (server) motherboards.
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. The Large model can support
an optional second
set of HDD Rails to hold a total of four hard drives, and
SSD
Drive Rails are also available.
No
loose Add-in cards! The
AGP/PCI 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 lower 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.
