[plug] [OT] Aluminium cases

[Chris Caston]

Yeah I don't know what was causing the issues.

Been having trouble with 2 different machines but the two cases I were
using both had very similar insides. On the second one I got every screw
mount and screw lined up fine, with all the stand-offs, it started up
fine, then as soon as I started adding ide drives it starts to short. 

After that it doesn't work until I try it again outside the case with a
unmounted psu and and a separated on switch.

Next time someone asks me to build I'm saying what I normally say and
that's "NO!"

  
On Sun, 2004-04-11 at 15:19, Onno Benschop wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-04-11 at 15:34, Chris Caston wrote:
> > Does anyone here recommend against using these in case ( no pun
> > intended) they cause the motherboard to short more often?
> > 
> > It seems to be the experience I have been having with them.
> 
> I'm very confused.
> 
> Why would any case cause a motherboard to short more often than any
> other? I mean if it's a case then there are stand-offs for mounting the
> motherboard and installing peripherals.
> 
> Now if you're talking about a box in which you'd like to mount a
> motherboard, but isn't a case as such - eg. designed to hold
> motherboards, then you're talking about something else entirely.
> 
> Finally, the only circumstance I can imagine during which a motherboard
> short would happen is if you were to install it while it is powered up,
> in which case you deserve to have it short and burn out anything that is
> attached, including your fingers :-)
> 
> As I said, "I'm very confused."
> 
> Onno Benschop 
> 
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