What is wrong with my computer?

Harley Fraser

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I'm in the middle of my computer build and something is wrong; I've installed the motherboard, CPU, CPU fan and the power supply. However, when I turn on the computer to see if I've installed everything properly the main power light pulses, the CPU fan spins for a moment and the debug LED and the m-bios LED both flash then everything just stops as if the power isn't on. The computer doesn't let out any beeps to tell me what's wrong. Could anyone here please tell me what the problem is?

Thanks for reading my post.
 
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These little things go in between the motherboard and the side panel.
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I hope you are not serious...........
 

chugot9218

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You may have damaged it, you may have not, all depends where the short happened. It has built in protections but that doesn't mean the short didn't by-pass any of those. I would either reassemble with the standoffs and try it or breadboard it and see if it works.
 
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Install it correctly and see if it works. Use the link in my first post.
 

USAFRet

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They should be in a little bag, either with the motherboard or the case.
 

USAFRet

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There should be several. Like 6-8.
Chances of frying the MB? Won't know until you try it, installed correctly.
 

chugot9218

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Yes I think they usually come with the case. It's tough to call whether you damaged it or not, I have seen it happen more than a few times on here and I want to say that it's pretty close to 50/50, but now that I think about it it seems as though for the most part they ended up okay.
 

Harley Fraser

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I don't know if anyone here is still checking this but I've just pulled the motherboard out and it looks like the spacers are actually built into the case-there's moulded mounts for the screws that are about the right size and shape to be the spacers. If it turns out these are the spacers what else could be wrong?
 

USAFRet

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Little humps? No..those are what the standoffs screw in to.