I am upgrading an old Dell Inspiron. While upgrading the motherboard I learned that case standoffs have to do with preventing shorting the motherboard (friend fried pcie slot yesterday, I'm taking that as a warning). The OEM motherboard is being replaced but inside the case there raised metal parts to screw into (not really standoffs, but the old board functioned). 5/6 of these line up with the new mobo. Is that potentially damaging? Bonus question: is it safe to attempt first boot without thermal paste then apply afterwards?
Will this damage my motherboard?
- Thread starter Shivall
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do not boot unless all your riser pins lineup to a hole. if not they can short the board out where they make contact. Also you can boot without a heatsink and thermal paste if your brief (ie you see the bios screen then turn it off). Most CPU will throttle their speeds to prevent overheating so you have a little room to see if it boots but that's it. I have done it on many builds. but i can't stress enough, be brief.
Ok thanks for the advice. However the case did not come with standoff pins. The parts of the case where the old mobo was screwed in look like this
http://imgur.com/7vG5156
And the bottom right has no place for the new motherboard to screw in:
http://imgur.com/PZXskYb
The case and old mobo are both pretty outdated but worked fine together.
Should I get pins or a new case or just attempt a boot (keeping in mind the old board worked for many years)?
http://imgur.com/7vG5156
And the bottom right has no place for the new motherboard to screw in:
http://imgur.com/PZXskYb
The case and old mobo are both pretty outdated but worked fine together.
Should I get pins or a new case or just attempt a boot (keeping in mind the old board worked for many years)?
I appreciate the reply, but I'm a little bit confused. You say the holes/bumps must line up, but if they don't I should insulate/grind it. Does this mean that if the board touches the metal it will short? The board is screwed directly onto the bumps in the other 5 holes, so how does this contact differ?
CountMike
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No, you got it wrong. You said "5/6 of these line up with the new mobo" and that means one doesn't. That's the one you have to take care of. It's important that it doesn't touch back side of MB because it could short it out.
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