Heavy fan - I have doubts the motherboard can support it

Flyingfirepig

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Jul 27, 2013
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I'm building my first computer, and I got a thermaltake frio fan. It arrived, and it was huge. I fastened it to my motherboard correctly, and when the motherboard is horizontal all is fine - the fan rests its weight on the metal piece that came with it, but my worry is, when it's all in its case and stood up vertically, it seems like it must put all of its weight on the motherboard

Have I missed something? Are motherboards perhaps a whole lot stronger than I thought, or is there some kind of special thing in the case that eases the load on the motherboard?
 
Solution
the motherboard should be properly fastened to the case with all the standoffs. It will be fine as long as our have everything installed correctly.