Blogs Revisiting the Akasa Enigma

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  1. Tim S

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    Tim S, 27 Mar 2009
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  2. Bauul

    Bauul Sir Bongaminge

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    Poor Akasa, the case just isn't working as they'd hoped is it? I hope they can fix the problems soon, because on the surface it looks like quite a sweet little product.
     
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  3. Aragon Speed

    Aragon Speed Busily modding X3: Terran Conflict

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    It seems the 'enigma' part of the name is referring to 'how do you manage to get it to work'. ^^
     
    Aragon Speed, 28 Mar 2009
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  4. Jenny_Y8S

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    Fail!
     
    Jenny_Y8S, 28 Mar 2009
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  5. Cupboard

    Cupboard I'm not a modder.

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    Ok, if you had a SATA cable that was right angled at both ends would you have been able to get the hard drive in?
    Still, the case is a bit of a failure - shame really.
     
    Cupboard, 28 Mar 2009
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  6. Singularity

    Singularity ******* Operator from Hell

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    Now, here's a stupid idea... why not put the hdd and optical drive UNDER the motherboard tray? Wonder why no case-makes thought of that...
     
    Singularity, 28 Mar 2009
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  7. Dreaming

    Dreaming What's a Dremel?

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    stupid question but did you try using the sata cable the other way round i.e. the 90* side into the motherboard and the straight side into the hdd?

    I dunno, they must have got it to work in their labs and whilst there are obviously design flaws i really struggle to understand how akasa with a fair repertoire of case building expertise can get it so wrong as to not be able to fit a hard disk in!
     
    Dreaming, 1 Apr 2009
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  8. Tim S

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    Yep, the PSU wires get in the way and there's a risk that you'd break the SATA port off the drive given the amount of pressure you'd have to apply to secure the drive in place.
     
    Tim S, 1 Apr 2009
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