I built this computer a couple of months back which was having problems even getting past the POST portion of the boot up, which I finally determined was due to some sort of shorting out caused by something on the mobo connection. When I unplugged some of the cpu fan connectors it worked for a while without any problems, but now I'm having more of the same problems as before. I know it's a short somewhere but I don't know how to go about resolving it so that I don't have to deal with the same thing redundantly for a while. Any advice I could get would be greatly appreciated.
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KingCody
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a motherboard short circuit is usually caused by a metal standoff in the wrong place, or a loose screw that fell behind the mobo.
the ATX standard has all the mounting holes vertically and horizontally lined up (with the exception of 1 mounting hole right below the I/O panel which lines up vertically, but not horizontally)
remove the mobo and verify that there is only a standoff where there is a corresponding mounting hole on the motherboard. table test the system outside of the case and verify that it works correctly before reinstalling it.
the ATX standard has all the mounting holes vertically and horizontally lined up (with the exception of 1 mounting hole right below the I/O panel which lines up vertically, but not horizontally)
remove the mobo and verify that there is only a standoff where there is a corresponding mounting hole on the motherboard. table test the system outside of the case and verify that it works correctly before reinstalling it.
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