N2630 Amiga 68030 CPU card metal bracket

N2630 metal bracket

N2630 is a great 68030 CPU card you can build yourself for the Amiga 2000 or A2000EATX project. You can find more information about the N2630 project on the website here.

N2630 CPU card with 3D-printed bracket (that has a part broken off)

There is a model for a bracket for the N2630 that you can 3D print. I did that but it was too flimsy and eventually broke in two pieces.

I was planning on ordering a 3D metal print of the bracket from JLC but heard of arymanx on Amibay who had made a small batch of metal brackets for the CPU card. In this hobby, you have to act fast, or the chance might never come up again so in less than a week a shiny metal N2630 Amiga 030 CPU card bracket arrived to me from UK.

If you are interested in a metal bracket for the N2630 too, feel free to contact arymanx directly about it on AmiBay.

Another view of the N2630 metal bracket.

Its just a bracket, but is a great reminder of that it is the small details that makes a DIY build great.

Metal bracket mounted on to the N2630, my A2000EATX is in the background.

I mounted the bracket to the N2630 with two screws and nuts. The nuts got a drop of blue Loctite to hold them secure. Fitment was excellent.

Back of my A2000EATX. One slot left for a NIC.

Not only does it hold the card better in the case it also looks better.

Pay no attention to the nut wedged between bracket and case. The CPU slot I used when building my A2000EATX motherboard was taller than a regular CPU slot used on the Amiga 2000 making the CPU card sit further out from the motherboard.