Recent content by johntavares

why you're giving me a lecture about case screws when we just got to the conclusion that the short is not caused from them (or lack of them)?

i dont understand... if my board doesn't touch the case from it's back in other points than the four attaching points, i don't need to find extra brass ones? as you see in the pic posted, the case integrated standoffs are high enough. so it must be something in front touching with case...

checked, nothing outside the four mobo connect points is touching case panel, so it isn't about the brass standoffs then, but some other random hazardous shorting path?

it works, installed linux. i consider my self lucky never having broken anything until this day. only thing bothering is that "double start" i described. and the setup is: dh67cf, g1620, hx620w. let the hunt for those non-standard standoffs begin... just explain why pieces of metal between mobo...

it's the brass screws between case and mobo missing, didnt realize as neither mobo or case came with ones. the antec ones don't fit lian li though, shouldn't these be standard things? i mean it cross my mind that screwing it directly to aluminium case could have some problem, but nevertheless...

When I turn power on there is a popping noise and smell of burnt before shutdown. Nothing seems to die for good though and it keeps restarting until I turn power off. But if somebody can figure out what's from just from this vague description, I'd appreciate it. Intuitively it seems like a...