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    Computer only boots when motherboard is outside of case

    I think it's working now. I updated the BIOS to the latest release and that fixed the CMOS error that I was getting. Thank you all for the help. I still can't figure how I was shorting out the motherboard. But it's working now and hopefully continue to work.
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    Computer only boots when motherboard is outside of case

    I think that I've got it working now. My only problem now is that I get the following error message when I boot. CMOS GPNV Checksum Bad I enter setup, change everything like I want, save and exit. And it still give me that error.
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    Computer only boots when motherboard is outside of case

    Yep, using brass standoffs. I think one of these might be the problem. I didn't screw in one of them and that seem to solve the problem. I just kept ruling each one out till I found the culprit. But I'm still not sure if this is the final solution.
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    Computer only boots when motherboard is outside of case

    For some reason, I can only get one of my old computers to boot when the motherboard is outside of the case sitting on a piece of plastic. What's the deal? It will boot with video, ram, cpu, and power supply. After I get it to boot, I set the motherboard back in. Hook up the video, ram...