Just bought a kickarse system and can't get it together

[JTekNet]

Ok I just signed up for this forum and I'm hoping someone can help me. I have a friend who is actually A+ certified and works for the WV school system but he is too busy to help me get my christmas present together. I just received all the parts last Friday and it's just sitting in boxes at the kitchen table.

Anyway! I will cut to the chase. I got some gold metal screws that have room for another screw to be screwed in to them and I was wondering if they go under the mother board to hold it up from touching the case.

My other question is how in the heck do I get my front pannel plugged in to the MB properly? I don't understand the instructions in the manual. They are really really odd.

Thanks, hopefully I can get a reply soon and get back to them.

 

[The_Other_One]

NO! I wouldn't put them under the motherboard because they'd probably be just as conductive as if you screwed the mobo right TO the case... In other words...ZAP, no more comp ;P

That's what they make standoffs for...whatever they are made of, they arn't that conductive and all.

As for your front pannel, I can't help as they are all different. Trial and error can't hurt. If you have a pretty good idea where something goes, try it different ways. Sometimes you can get lights backwords and they won't work.

 

[alvino]

The mobo panel on the back? Usually when you get a case, it comes with a default one. and it usually never fits your mobo. Your mobo should come with one. Just use a softheaded mallet and pop the default one out, then pound (carefully) the one that came with your mobo into where you poped the old one out of.

 

[The_Other_One]

I think he was talking about the lights and buttons on the "front pannel"

 

[alvino]

Oh. IcIc. Follow tha manual. It should show you the layout.

 

[airiox]

You will want to screw those gold screwy things to you motherboard tray, sit your motherboard on top of it and then use the silver screws to secure it down

 

[DarkBlade1]

Also, the LED connectors on the MOBO usually go on the 2nd-5th LED array area (long series of male pins near fron bottom of MOBO. See pic below for details on how to connect it.

 

[alvino]

Thats the general area where the LED connectors are.