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On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 6:02 PM, Paul Hartman |
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<paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 9:23 AM, Edward M <martinezedward228@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> And if the motherboard is somehow shorting out inside the case |
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>> http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/307187-30-motherboard-shorting-case |
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> I completely forget that I had this happen once. The case design was |
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> such that part of the motherboard contacted metal of the case. When I |
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> tried to turn on, it would short and fail to boot up. I had to get a |
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> piece of sticky film and made a layer on the case in the area where it |
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> was touching. After doing that it worked fine. |
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Cases usually ship with standoffs to prevent that kind of thing. The |
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standoffs look like screws with screwholes in them, and a hexagonal |
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shaft you can manage with your fingers, a socket wrench or |
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(non-needlenose) pliers. |
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