macuserman
Well-known member
Alright so I'm curious if anyone has attempted this and if so do you have any tips for me. I have a rough 8600, that has several dead memory slots among other issues but it does work. I also have a 9500 motherboard that seems like it would be quite an upgrade, I have checked and fitment wise it seems to line up perfectly other than having to swap around a couple of the plastic clip in tabs to account for the larger board everything else seems to fit. Which makes sense since the 8600 uses the same case as the 9600 so has already got the extra room.
The issue I've run into so far is that the PSU connector is not the same, does anyone have any documentation on this difference? Would it be better to try and adapt the connection from 8600 to 9500, or do an ATX PSU swap and adapt that? The PSU in the 8600/9600 style machines seem to be pretty solid still so I haven't seen much on converting those to ATX out there. Anyhow just curious what your thoughts are with 9600 machines still holding decent value a 9500 board swap which is readily available due to the crumbling 9500 cases or in my case I already have it even, seems like it might be a nice upgrade. Anyhow wide open to thoughts on this! Discussion please!
The issue I've run into so far is that the PSU connector is not the same, does anyone have any documentation on this difference? Would it be better to try and adapt the connection from 8600 to 9500, or do an ATX PSU swap and adapt that? The PSU in the 8600/9600 style machines seem to be pretty solid still so I haven't seen much on converting those to ATX out there. Anyhow just curious what your thoughts are with 9600 machines still holding decent value a 9500 board swap which is readily available due to the crumbling 9500 cases or in my case I already have it even, seems like it might be a nice upgrade. Anyhow wide open to thoughts on this! Discussion please!