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mounting ATX motherboard onto wood
« on: May 15, 2004, 07:08:50 pm »
I am just about to mount my ATX motherboad onto a sheet of plywood.

I have made some standoffs from a length of thin plastic tube that i got from Homebase. The standaoffs are about 2 cm long. I am going to use long wood screws to mount the motherboard  through the standoffs.

normally when mounting a ATX MB in a PC case doesn't the screws make a connection to earth through the case?

The only thing is i am wondering if i need to wire the bare metal where the holes are on the motherboard to ground?

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Re:mounting ATX motherboard onto wood
« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2004, 07:30:34 pm »
No, not really. I have mounted a lot of these in assorted ways and I have never bothered to do what you are describing. Anyway, i think if you look carefully at the mobo you will see that the screw holes are completely isolated from all the traces, and thus I don't think they are connected to anything.
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Re:mounting ATX motherboard onto wood
« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2004, 07:43:58 pm »
if you look carefully at the mobo you will see that the screw holes are completely isolated from all the traces, and thus I don't think they are connected to anything.

yes you are correct!

hmm...just wondering why there is bare metal at the screw holes then?

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Re:mounting ATX motherboard onto wood
« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2004, 07:45:58 pm »
So you don't accidentally strip the PCB of the mobo when you screw it in...if you screw it in too tight. (or so I think)

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Re:mounting ATX motherboard onto wood
« Reply #4 on: May 16, 2004, 03:40:37 am »
So you don't accidentally strip the PCB of the mobo when you screw it in...if you screw it in too tight. (or so I think)

Yep, it is just there to protect the motherboard.

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Re:mounting ATX motherboard onto wood
« Reply #5 on: May 16, 2004, 09:45:19 am »
I just used (yesterday) some of the mounting brackets that ultimarc sells to mount the ipac to mount my motherboard. They work great but you'll need a couple of packages.

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Re:mounting ATX motherboard onto wood
« Reply #6 on: May 16, 2004, 12:54:33 pm »
I just used (yesterday) some of the mounting brackets that ultimarc sells to mount the ipac to mount my motherboard. They work great but you'll need a couple of packages.

I got my pcb stands from Bob Roberts.  They were good as well.

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Re:mounting ATX motherboard onto wood
« Reply #7 on: May 16, 2004, 07:51:48 pm »
yes i have seen the ultimarc pcb legs - but at