UIO bracket is mounted on the back side of the card
The only issue is that these cards are Universal I/O (UIO), which means the components and brackets are mounted on the opposite side of the PCB to standard cards. That makes ‘Universal I/O’ a total misnomer in my book, since it poses two potential problems for a non-UIO chassis: the heatsinks/capacitors/etc can interfere with cards in adjacent slots that have their components mounted on the standard side (not a problem in this case, since the system they’re destined for has onboard video); and with the bracket being mounted on the opposite side, the card will not fit in a standard case.
Hunting through a box of screws I came out with a bunch ~10mm motherboard standoffs that are just the right length to mount the bracket on the standard side of the card. There are a couple of other hurdles, but here’s how I did it:
- Remove the bracket (simply remove the screws)
- Screw motherboard standoffs directly into the now vacant holes in the PCB
Be careful screwing in the motherboard standoff - keeping it at 90' is difficult
- The threading on your motherboard standoff probably doesn’t match the threading on the bracket, so you may need to quickly file out the bracket thread
Keep filing until the hole is big enough to accomodate the new screw (~1mm)
- Attach the bracket to the standoffs with screws
You're good to go!
- Mount in case as normal
The whole process should take you no longer than about 5 minutes. Enjoy!
May I ask where you managed to pick these cards up for ~$100?
I only seem to be able to find these on ebay from the US for ~$180 landed in AUS.
I actually paid $112 for them, from a US store, I bought 4 and they were part of a larger order, so the shipping didn’t hurt so much. At the time there were other stores selling them cheaper (they didn’t have my other components available though), but looks like they’ve gone up since then with the falling US dollar.
Best I could find now with a brief Google was:
http://www.circuitsnthings.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=yagendoo_VaMazing_2.tpl&category_id=641&product_id=82126&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=110&redirected=1&Itemid=110
For $150 landed. I don’t know if there are any more cost-effective options around these days.