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TheDarkFox102 · 10-07-09

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Originally Posted by muels7

a standoff is a screw that goes into your mobo tray that your mobo then screws into. It keeps the mobo from making contact with the tray and shorting out.

yikes, ok no i dont have standoff's installed. Though i believe it came with some, so i'll get them installed. Would the mobo shorting cause the video card, specifically at the two six-pin connectors to flare up?

Again for reference, i do not see any power switch on the back of my psu.

***edit,

yeah i totally missed doing the standoffs. I feel like an idiot right about now...

What does it mean to RMA a video card? I saw it on the manual, but i dont know what it is.

corky dorkelson · 10-07-09

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheDarkFox102

yikes, ok no i dont have standoff's installed. Though i believe it came with some, so i'll get them installed. Would the mobo shorting cause the video card, specifically at the two six-pin connectors to flare up?

Again for reference, i do not see any power switch on the back of my psu.

Oh dude you may have wrecked a bunch of stuff.

**IEATFISH** · 10-07-09

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheDarkFox102

yikes, ok no i dont have standoff's installed. Though i believe it came with some, so i'll get them installed. Would the mobo shorting cause the video card, specifically at the two six-pin connectors to flare up?

Again for reference, i do not see any power switch on the back of my psu.

Those are EXTREMELY important. They keep the pins on the back of the MB from shorting on the case. Often it will only cause the computer to immediately shut off, but that is most likely your problem. Get those installed before you do ANYTHING else.

If you screwed your MB in tight without the standoffs, you may have bent some MB pins. That may or may not cause problems as well.

/Fail · 10-07-09

Your PSU has APFC, so there is no switch. Usually the older or lower quality PSU's have a switch.

maxextz · 10-07-09

best of luck getting it going as someone said take it out of the case and then try it but going by what you say something has to have been fried

hope not dude.

Andr3az · 10-07-09

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheDarkFox102

yikes, ok no i dont have standoff's installed. Though i believe it came with some, so i'll get them installed. Would the mobo shorting cause the video card, specifically at the two six-pin connectors to flare up?

Again for reference, i do not see any power switch on the back of my psu.

***edit,

yeah i totally missed doing the standoffs. I feel like an idiot right about now...

What does it mean to RMA a video card? I saw it on the manual, but i dont know what it is.

It could, mostly not installing standoffs mean fried motherboard.

A Return Merchandise Authorization or Return Material Authorization (RMA) is a transaction whereby the recipient of a product arranges to return goods to the supplier to have the product repaired or replaced or in order to receive a refund or credit for another product from the same retailer or corporation. In practice, an RMA is only issued after a series of tests.

Socom · 10-07-09

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Originally Posted by IEATFISH

Those are EXTREMELY important. They keep the pins on the back of the MB from shorting on the case. Often it will only cause the computer to immediately shut off, but that is most likely your problem. Get those installed before you do ANYTHING else.

If you screwed your MB in tight without the standoffs, you may have bent some MB pins. That may or may not cause problems as well.

All I can say is

Install those standoffs and bench test your rig and report back.