grounded

[xzanos]

ok so i have a new case and mobo and every time i try to screw it in to the case it grounds the mobo and i cant turn it on. with the mobo just laying in the case it turns on fine but i cant secure it

 

[Totalchaos]

You did use the standoffs, right?

You don't have a standoff where there's no screwhole?

 

[xzanos]

what standoffs it didnt come with anything there are like built in feet that came with the mobo

 

[WiLLiSTER]

Your case should have come with standoffs that the mobo sits on.

 

[Rabid Badger]

Some cases have stamped-in standoffs on the motherboard tray.

OP: Look at the motherboard tray and make sure there aren't any raised areas or brass standoffs that don't line up with screw holes on the motherboard.

 

[IndyGSX]

is this a joke? sig material right here

Nate

 

[xzanos]

sorry guys i have totaly wasted yalls time
i just found the standoffs in a baggy

 

[SippieCup]

sorry guys i have totaly wasted yalls time
i just found the standoffs in a baggy

oh.. my.. god..


well, least you know for the future!

 

[dook43]

bumping cause my first build at age 14 did the same thing.

 

[Ang]

Yeah when I was 15, the first case mod I did was a plexiglass case I built from scratch. Needless to say, prior to that, I've never actually built a computer.

So I screwed the motherboard directly into the plexiglass ><... Needless to say the screws went right through the plexiglass and scratched whatever I laid it down on. So I put a piece of cardboard right underneath the case.. and the cardboard traveled with it where ever the case went lol .

 

[forrehmmnd]

bumping cause my first build at age 14 did the same thing.

Yeah I did the same thing with my first build two years ago (im 15).

 

[dook43]

Those were the days.... ABIT PX5, Pentium MMX 166 oc'd to 200, Diamond Stealth.. 32MB RAM!!!