[mythtv-users] FC4 & MythTV - Computer powering down... sort of! - FRUSTRATION!!

[chris at cpr.homelinux.net]

On Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 01:26:20PM +0900, David Bennett wrote:
> Excuse my ignorance, but how should these be screwed? I am not sure

What he's talking about are the hexagonal brass stand-offs that have a
threaded pin on one end and a threaded socket on the other.  You're
supposed to screw them into the backplane of the case and then mount the
mobo to them using screws that pass through holes in the mobo.  Most
people go through a whole lot of effort to get the little red paper
insulators to stay on top of the brass socket when they install the
mobo, not knowing that the mobo is *supposed* to make an electrical
connection with those brass bits and ground the board to the case.

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