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The holes on the motherboard and the screw are KINDA line up, i dont understand how to screw the motherboard in like the screw is underneath the motherboard, am i suppose to screw the screws up or add screw into it to screw it down?
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/jJYrRG
here are my motherboard and case
 
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Your mobo appears to have nine mounting holes - three lines of three holes each at top, middle and bottom. Ideally you will insert through each one a screw that turns into a standoff below the mobo. Note that each of those holes has a star-like pattern of metal "fingers" around it. Those are there to ensure that the mobo is grounded to the case at those points. BUT the mobo should NOT make contact with the case at any other point.

Now, inspect carefully how those nine holes match up with the standoffs under the mobo. If any does NOT match, you will need to make an adjustment. Take the mobo out. The case itself has more than nine holes in its base plate to adjust for different board designs. It usually comes with standoffs already...
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Too much to read.

Post a close up pic of the Mobo hole and case standoff in question and I will give you a direct answer.

Ur case may had come with standoffs, the stumps that separate the case from the Mobo which you have to screw them individually.
 
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Look in the case and mobo manuals for the standoff locations and change as needed. My case came with the standoffs preinstalled for an ATX mobo so I didn't have to change anything, yours might be like that.

There are small screws that you screw into the standoffs to secure the mobo. You should easily be able to tell if the IO shield is in right, should be flush with the back. If you're not sure just firmly press around the edge to click it in.

http://www.wikihow.com/Install-a-Motherboard
 
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the case didnt come with screws so i think the standoff is preinstalled , but how do i insert the motherboard in this case?
 
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You shouldn't have to insert anything. The Mobo got holes, it should just sit on these things called standoffs, these are stumps or risers, 10mm long, that are between the Mobo and the bottom of the chassis, without them your Mobo would be touching the bottom of the case. As mentioned sometimes they come pre-installed, sometimes they are not and they expect you to install the five or more of them. Sometimes they are even part of the chassis.

Shouldn't be this hard. It should be obvious where the Mobo sits, because the PCIe slots have to aline with the slots of the back cover, right underneath where the Mobo's holes are should be "something" you can put screws into.
 
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https://s23.postimg.org/bv60cybzf/IMG_0258.jpg
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so is it fine like this? like did u see the top right corner there is a hole? am i suppose to screw the screw in or not to do anything because i cant screw it up or push it in
 
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Your mobo appears to have nine mounting holes - three lines of three holes each at top, middle and bottom. Ideally you will insert through each one a screw that turns into a standoff below the mobo. Note that each of those holes has a star-like pattern of metal "fingers" around it. Those are there to ensure that the mobo is grounded to the case at those points. BUT the mobo should NOT make contact with the case at any other point.

Now, inspect carefully how those nine holes match up with the standoffs under the mobo. If any does NOT match, you will need to make an adjustment. Take the mobo out. The case itself has more than nine holes in its base plate to adjust for different board designs. It usually comes with standoffs already installed in most of the holes. The classic standoff is a small brass piece about 10mm high with a threaded end sticking out (to screw into case base plate holes, and a threaded hole in the top to accept the screw that you put through the mobo mounting hole. You should have one standoff placed exactly under each mobo mounting hole. You MUST NOT have any standoff in any other hole because that would be a contact point that creates a ground to the case that should not happen. So review the standoff positions against the mobo holes and ensure they match.

There are some cases that do this differently. Some have used plastic standoffs and ensured mobo grounding in a different way. Some have provided not standoffs, but merely positioned raised parts of the back plate to accept the mounting screws, but then they have to provide some way to insulate a few of those raised bits from places they are not needed.

If you are finding that your mobo's holes pretty well lineup with the standoffs, but not exactly, they you need to shift the mobo slightly. That MIGHT mean that your I/O shield is not quite mounted correctly, or that the mounting plate attached to your mobo's back edge that contains all the external connectors is not properly lined up with the I/O shield. I am assuming you realize that the I/O shield is a separate (usually metal) plate that snaps into a hole in the back of the case. It is NOT attached to the mobo.
 
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Well I believe Paperdoc said just about everything that can be said to this subject, but here is a picture of the central item in question. They should all align with the Mobo's holes, if not, you must make adjustment, it's only a mechanical ting, you will conquer it.

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