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Thread ID: 102763 2009-08-31 13:20:00 Assembling a Computer. Mister (15201) Press F1
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805791 2009-09-03 10:47:00 The metal bracket on most cards is slightly bent on the end to allow it to sit more firmly in the case.

Yes, there is a hole in the case below the slot cover (you can see them here icrontic.com) in the piece of metal that the motherboard standoffs screw into.

If the motherboard is slightly too far to the edge of the case you might get problems putting the cards in. The center of the standoffs should line up with the center of the holes in the motherboard.


By the way, do you have the CPU installed yet? just asking since you said in a previous post the order was canceled, and it's much easier putting the CPU into the board and then putting the board into the case, than the other way around
Agent_24 (57)
805792 2009-09-03 10:53:00 You may need to bend the tab (slightly) on the video card backplate to get it to line up with the little slot in the case backplane.
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Also I have had problems before with the motherboard not lining up exactly with the case back-plane and have had to shim the motherboard slightly with (small) washers between the standoffs and the mobo screw-holes, so the cards would sit fully in the slots.
feersumendjinn (64)
805793 2009-09-03 11:00:00 The metal bracket on most cards is slightly bent on the end to allow it to sit more firmly in the case.

Yes, there is a hole in the case below the slot cover (you can see them here icrontic.com) in the piece of metal that the motherboard standoffs screw into.

If the motherboard is slightly too far to the edge of the case you might get problems putting the cards in. The center of the standoffs should line up with the center of the holes in the motherboard.


By the way, do you have the CPU installed yet? just asking since you said in a previous post the order was canceled, and it's much easier putting the CPU into the board and then putting the board into the case, than the other way around

No, No CPU... Not yet, now I look like a bigger idiot lol.

Ah on that picutre you linked, what's holding it down, is the tab at the top.

:thanks
Mister (15201)
805794 2009-09-03 11:05:00 i300.photobucket.com

Thats the problem
Mister (15201)
805795 2009-09-03 11:09:00 Have you installed the mobo in the case? No point installing the mobo and everything else in the case, if you didnt put the CPU on the mobo first. It can be one of the hardest things to install Speedy Gonzales (78)
805796 2009-09-03 11:10:00 Have you installed the mobo in the case? No point installing the mobo and everything else in the case. without installing the CPU first. Its one of the hardest things to install (if you didnt install it before you put the mobo in the case.

Motherboard, only. Just kinda been looking over parts, seeing they fit. I can easily remove the Motherboard I only used one loose screw.
Mister (15201)
805797 2009-09-03 12:16:00 Installing the video card is like the easiest thing when it comes to assembling a computer. Just slot the card in the slot till it 'clicks' and make sure it fits the case expansion slots whellington (15030)
805798 2009-09-03 12:33:00 Installing the video card is like the easiest thing when it comes to assembling a computer. Just slot the card in the slot till it 'clicks' and make sure it fits the case expansion slots

Bit more complicated when one of the tabs meets the Case and stop it going down :thumbs:
Mister (15201)
805799 2009-09-03 12:43:00 Bit more complicated when one of the tabs meets the Case and stop it going down :thumbs:

Are you sure you put the board the right way? And taken the case expansion slot out properly?
whellington (15030)
805800 2009-09-03 12:53:00 Ok after finding out my sister isn't home for a few weeks, I took some photos, using an inbuilt Laptop camera... A few akward positions later, I came up with ..

(PS. it's very hard to aim a laptop camera into a object without getting in the way and actually being able to see what you're trying to capture.)

i300.photobucket.com

i300.photobucket.com

i300.photobucket.com

Sorry bout bad quaility.. But best I can do..
Mister (15201)
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