Mother board help

[Aaron Bailey]

Hello
I installed my motherboard and noticed when i took 1 of the screws back out that the circle were to screw goes in the silver bit around it was squashed/ smuged a bit so instead of little silver dots were screw was it has a nearly full silver circle around the hole is this normal , here is picture of the hole im on about pointing to what silver things i mean this is not a picture of my pc but were the red arrow points to is the silver things i mean
Is this normal ?
Is pc ok ?

Rember this picture is th show the silver things i mean , but on my motherboard after installing screw and taking back out those silver dots on this picture are now flat and squashed and make nearly a full silver circle
http://imgur.com/4kKBKtf

 

[Alex Kelly]

Hello
I installed my motherboard and noticed when i took 1 of the screws back out that the circle were to screw goes in the silver bit around it was squashed/ smuged a bit so instead of little silver dots were screw was it has a nearly full silver circle around the hole is this normal , here is picture of the hole im on about pointing to what silver things i mean this is not a picture of my pc but were the red arrow points to is the silver things i mean
Is this normal ?
Is pc ok ?

Rember this picture is th show the silver things i mean , but on my motherboard after installing screw and taking back out those silver dots on this picture are now flat and squashed and make nearly a full silver circle
http://imgur.com/4kKBKtf

It should be fine, just be careful not to over tighten the screws again.
If you have any problems with it or you want to get it fixed, you could send it to MSI and have them tell you if it'll be okay and fix it, although that'll cost you.
Good luck.

 

[volcanoscout]

Don't worry about it. Those are for grounding purposes and as long as there's good contact at even one of the screw holes, the board will be grounded to the chassis. When the mobo is connected to the PSU, it's grounded anyway.

May want to lighten up a little when installing the mounting screws, though. Applying to much pressure can damage the board.

 

[junkeymonkey]

it don't take much to hold the board in ,but there can be a little to much to ruin a board if there are traces real close to the hole and they get disrupted cracked or some kinda damage it could brick the board

 

[Aaron Bailey]

Don't worry about it. Those are for grounding purposes and as long as there's good contact at even one of the screw holes, the board will be grounded to the chassis. When the mobo is connected to the PSU, it's grounded anyway.

May want to lighten up a little when installing the mounting screws, though. Applying to much pressure can damage the board.

I have done the screw just past snug , when it got to force needed i turned 20 degrees just is that ok ? for all the screws

 

[volcanoscout]

I would stop at snug.

 

[Alex Kelly]

I would stop at snug.

Agreed. As I said, don't over tighten them. There is no need. It's better to have them a tiny bit loose than too tight.

 

[Aaron Bailey]

I would stop at snug.

Agreed. As I said, don't over tighten them. There is no need. It's better to have them a tiny bit loose than too tight.

What i done was , i screw them all in a bit , then went back round screwing each screw in till it had resistance and then turned 1/2 , will that be ok ?

 

[volcanoscout]

That sounds fine. There's not really an exact answer to this, just a general comfort zone - it needs to be firm enough to prevent excess flexing of the board, but not so firm that it damages it. You're the man on the spot, so you'll have to judge the sweet spot yourself. If part of the board is deforming under pressure, that's not the sweet spot