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mounting ATX motherboard onto wood
rchadd:
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?
paigeoliver:
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.
rchadd:
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on May 15, 2004, 07:30:34 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.
--- End quote ---
yes you are correct!
hmm...just wondering why there is bare metal at the screw holes then?
EndTwist:
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)
TalkingOctopus:
--- Quote from: EndTwist 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)
--- End quote ---
Yep, it is just there to protect the motherboard.
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