Are brass standoffs needed?

[INFERNO2K]

I have an older Pentium II macihne and I was just having a look inside the case and I did not see any brass standoffs for the case and motherboard, how did this work?

 

[digital_exhaust]

Dell did this with alot of their cases. Instead of standoffs, the areas that the mounting screws threaded into were dimpled out of the case a bit, and that allowed enough clearance between the back of the mobo and the case.
Assuming that's what your seeing, it's normal.

 

[whrswoldo]

Just make sure that the screw holes are indeed in dimpled areas, and that the pins on the back of the mobo are not resting on bare metal.

There's nothing like troubleshooting a friend's borked computer build and hearing them say "Standoffs? OH that's what those are for!"