"Troy.A Johnson" wrote: > > Florin, > > I think that it may be an extraordinary effort to shore up a > cheapo case. You may want to take a shot at making > your own if you go that far. ;-) Buying a newer, nicer one > would probably save much time and trouble. > > If you are short on cash and long on time, take the cover > off and push on the frame and see where it flexes (not too > hard). You might be able to screw in strips of heavier gauge > sheet metal to remove the flexibility, but be sure not to > get in the way of the cover or block air flow. If you have the > equipment available, duplicating the cover in a heavier > gauge might do the trick also. > > Good luck, > > Troy > > >>> florin at iucha.net 06/22/01 01:39PM >>> > I was actually thinking about some metal sheets... Just curious if anybody > else tried that first. > You might want to try mechanically decoupling the drives from the case as well. If you have some free 5-1/4" bays you have plenty of room to come up with a suspension system for the drives...