On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 5:08 PM, Michael Mol <mike...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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.
In my case (no pun intended) it was shorting even with the standoffs because of the way a cut-out in the metal under the motherboard had rolled edges that curled up toward the motherboard. It was a known defective-by-design situation and later revisions of the case solved the problem. :) I think it was a Thermaltake case if I remember correctly.
