Internals I
It all looks nice and neat from the outside. It's now time to get our hands dirty as we take a look inside. Remember that these SFF units require a basic knowledge of how components are fitted. You'll have to install and configure everything. It's made fairly straightforward though.
What we're looking at is the side view once the chassis cover has been removed. The front is on the right-hand side. It may look a little daunting at first but if you just pay attention to what you've removed, you'll be fine.
Here's a top view showing you internals. Note the drive cage on the right and the cooler assembly on the left.
The cage that see above is removed by taking out a couple of small screws. You can probably gather that a single 5.25" optical-based drive fits into the top and 2 3.5" components can be installed at the bottom. The front covers come away easily enough.
After the cage and the cooler's fan has been removed via unscrewing of three thumbscrews, you can simply pull away the cables that link the front features to the motherboard. You're left with an open view of the SK41G's guts. Easy so far ?. Here you can clearly see the single PCI slot sitting above the AGP slot in the near distance. We also see a revised I.C.E cooler, passive heatsink on the Northbridge, 2 DIMM slots that can house up to 2GB of PC1600/PC2100 memory, the popular VT8235 Southbridge, and 2 IDE ports. The little red jumper that you see in the picture allows you to toggle between 100FSB and 133FSB processors. Removing it sets the Shuttle up for 133FSB operation.
Natively supporting USB2.0 and ATA133, the VT8235 does away with the need for a separate controller.
Looking at the SK41G from the other side we see the 200W PSU, main 21-pin ATX connector, 4-pin P4-style power connector and floppy drive port on the right. This arrangement has been kept intact from other XPC Shuttles that I've seen. The PSU, made by ACHME, is a stout little affair. It can power more than you perhaps think.
