On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 6:02 PM, Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 9:23 AM, Edward M <martinezedward...@gmail.com> wrote: >> And if the motherboard is somehow shorting out inside the case >> http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/307187-30-motherboard-shorting-case > > I completely forget that I had this happen once. The case design was > such that part of the motherboard contacted metal of the case. When I > tried to turn on, it would short and fail to boot up. I had to get a > piece of sticky film and made a layer on the case in the area where it > was touching. After doing that it worked fine.
Cases usually ship with standoffs to prevent that kind of thing. The standoffs look like screws with screwholes in them, and a hexagonal shaft you can manage with your fingers, a socket wrench or (non-needlenose) pliers. -- :wq
