metal under motherboard

[Matt Samoohi]

is it ok to have a peice of domino rectangle shaped solid piece of metal underthe mobo i cant seem to find the standoffs that came with the case so is it ok? i remeber the big typhoons bottom piece was metal so i think its ok right?

 

[jbrukardt]

NO!

never mount a mobo without standoffs

 

[Viper87227]

No... if the big typhoons mounting bracket was metal, it would have had a layer of something non-conductive to keep the metal from contacting the motherbaord.

 

[Matt Samoohi]

my comp was running fine for month without standoffs ..... i just need them for easy pcstatability where can i get them what do they even look like..

 

[vanilla_guerilla]

than your motherboard tray must be made out of wood. in real life, when your motherboard touches anything metal, it shorts out, and either starts up, or burns.

 

[Matt Samoohi]

wierd well where can i get standoffs i think its that the screws lockin in the pci cards and pulin the mobo up a bit so it dosent touch fully. Well yeah where can i get them like an onliune site would be prefered or retail

 

[NoxTek]

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=31741

 

[Matt Samoohi]

found them i thought those were cd fastner screws cool just did the works its all good now pci installtion is nice now.... thanks previous poster.

 

[alik4041]

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=31741

I just ordered this cus after I modded my case, I misplaced my standoffs lol. It does its job well.

 

[SixFootDuo]

for awhile, there was a short lived trend where it was cool and better not to have cpu thermal paste on the cpu and H/S. This worked out pretty good for me and I guess others.

Not sure what forums, but I followed everyone else and there were many people that shared this view.

This was 2000 - 2001

 

[ChingChang]

for awhile, there was a short lived trend where it was cool and better not to have cpu thermal paste on the cpu and H/S. This worked out pretty good for me and I guess others.

Not sure what forums, but I followed everyone else and there were many people that shared this view.

This was 2000 - 2001

Is this relevant?

 

[NoxTek]

Is this relevant?

I think he's trying to admit that he did something totally friggin' nuts once too... lol... I guess...