Re: [gentoo-user] My PC died. What should I try?

[Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 5:08 PM, Michael Mol <mikemol@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 6:02 PM, Paul Hartman
> <paul.hartman+gentoo@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 9:23 AM, Edward M <martinezedward228@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>     And if the motherboard is somehow shorting out inside the case
>>> http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/307187-30-motherboard-shorting-case
>>
>> I completely forget that I had this happen once. The case design was
>> such that part of the motherboard contacted metal of the case. When I
>> tried to turn on, it would short and fail to boot up. I had to get a
>> piece of sticky film and made a layer on the case in the area where it
>> was touching. After doing that it worked fine.
>
> Cases usually ship with standoffs to prevent that kind of thing. The
> standoffs look like screws with screwholes in them, and a hexagonal
> shaft you can manage with your fingers, a socket wrench or
> (non-needlenose) pliers.

In my case (no pun intended) it was shorting even with the standoffs
because of the way a cut-out in the metal under the motherboard had
rolled edges that curled up toward the motherboard. It was a known
defective-by-design situation and later revisions of the case solved
the problem. :) I think it was a Thermaltake case if I remember
correctly.