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Repost- Computer will post on table but not in case - Please help
The assembly is 400 dollars worth of circuits and metal as soon as it's fastened into the case. Person who attached the processor, heatsink, RAM and videocard suggested that the silver lifters which were supplied by Coolermaster are grounding out the motherboard and Brass standoffs should have been supplied instead. Please suggest what might be the problem/solution, I'm ready to commit myself to the nearest funny farm. INTEL P4 630 800M LGA775 2M MB Asus P5WD2 Premium ANTEC TPII-430ATX RTL CORSAIR XMS2 1G(512X2) DDR2 5400 VGA ASUS EN6200TC256/TD/64M Coolermaster Wavemaster Case Sorry if this is a repost, the original message did not post through Usenet-News |
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"Thomas" wrote in message ... The assembly is 400 dollars worth of circuits and metal as soon as it's fastened into the case. Person who attached the processor, heatsink, RAM and videocard suggested that the silver lifters which were supplied by Coolermaster are grounding out the motherboard and Brass standoffs should have been supplied instead. Please suggest what might be the problem/solution, I'm ready to commit myself to the nearest funny farm. INTEL P4 630 800M LGA775 2M MB Asus P5WD2 Premium ANTEC TPII-430ATX RTL CORSAIR XMS2 1G(512X2) DDR2 5400 VGA ASUS EN6200TC256/TD/64M Coolermaster Wavemaster Case Sorry if this is a repost, the original message did not post through Usenet-News The Mboard Must be grounding. Check for unused mount points. Either hammer them down or insulate well. best wishes..OJ |
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Thomas wrote:
The assembly is 400 dollars worth of circuits and metal as soon as it's fastened into the case. Person who attached the processor, heatsink, RAM and videocard suggested that the silver lifters which were supplied by Coolermaster are grounding out the motherboard and Brass standoffs should have been supplied instead. Please suggest what might be the problem/solution, I'm ready to commit myself to the nearest funny farm. INTEL P4 630 800M LGA775 2M MB Asus P5WD2 Premium ANTEC TPII-430ATX RTL CORSAIR XMS2 1G(512X2) DDR2 5400 VGA ASUS EN6200TC256/TD/64M Coolermaster Wavemaster Case Sorry if this is a repost, the original message did not post through Usenet-News This may be a stupid question, but, hae you tried brass standoffs? |
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Thomas wrote:
The assembly is 400 dollars worth of circuits and metal as soon as it's fastened into the case. Person who attached the processor, heatsink, RAM and videocard suggested that the silver lifters which were supplied by Coolermaster are grounding out the motherboard and Brass standoffs should have been supplied instead. Please suggest what might be the problem/solution, I'm ready to commit myself to the nearest funny farm. INTEL P4 630 800M LGA775 2M MB Asus P5WD2 Premium ANTEC TPII-430ATX RTL CORSAIR XMS2 1G(512X2) DDR2 5400 VGA ASUS EN6200TC256/TD/64M Coolermaster Wavemaster Case Sorry if this is a repost, the original message did not post through Usenet-News This may seem terribly obvious, but you haven't installed one too many standoffs (lifters or whatever you want to call them)? I've known some people to simply screw a standoff into every hole in the chassis for good luck and then screw their MB into place only to have an extraneous standoff or two short the MB to ground (sometimes to the point of smoking some components). An easy way to tell what you need is to place the MB into the mounting position, sans standoffs. Then using a brightly colored Sharpie-type marking pen, mark the metal of the case's mounting area through every MB screw hole you can identify. Remove the MB and THEN screw a standoff into only those locations that were marked. -- John McGaw [Knoxville, TN, USA] http://johnmcgaw.com |
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Since I did not see the original post, you might mention what the
computer is doing to make you think it is ground out. I had a new motherboard once that was bad because it would only work if I pressed at a certain point on the board, due to bad trace or connection, or something. If this is a new motherboard, you may have a similar problem. And, as was mentioned, make sure you don't have extras and remember that a support point without solder around it may need a plastic standoff because it is not meant to be grounded. The plastic ones just snap into the hole and sit on the case for support. Clark Thomas wrote: The assembly is 400 dollars worth of circuits and metal as soon as it's fastened into the case. Person who attached the processor, heatsink, RAM and videocard suggested that the silver lifters which were supplied by Coolermaster are grounding out the motherboard and Brass standoffs should have been supplied instead. Please suggest what might be the problem/solution, I'm ready to commit myself to the nearest funny farm. INTEL P4 630 800M LGA775 2M MB Asus P5WD2 Premium ANTEC TPII-430ATX RTL CORSAIR XMS2 1G(512X2) DDR2 5400 VGA ASUS EN6200TC256/TD/64M Coolermaster Wavemaster Case Sorry if this is a repost, the original message did not post through Usenet-News |
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