motherboard tray shorting mobo

[Yurihyuga]

Just setup my Gigabyte EX58-UD5 In the tray and it would shut down everytime as soon as I hit the power button.

Took the mobo out and set it on the floor and it would run fine, so that means my tray is shorting the mobo somehow, is there anyway to stop that from happening?

My case is a silverstone TJ-09.

 

[Ross1234]

Did you put the standoffs on?

 

[True_Scotsman]

Have you used the motherboard spacers?

 

[Yurihyuga]

standoffs and spacers? sorry don't know what they are, first time using a case with a tray. - always used to putting mobo in and it boots, first time this has happened to me.

 

[ConTRo13R]

How would the pci cards slot in propelly if he wasnt using standoffs? surely theyd all be offset and not in propelly

Make sure all standoffs are in the correct place, try unplugging all power leads like cd drive, hdd and then all the power swtch, pwr led, hdd led, usb, and others like that n test

 

[True_Scotsman]

They are the little brass screw things

 

[Yurihyuga]

i looked up standoffs and I do have them, in a bag :/ guessing the mobo is mean't to sit on them? and then screw it in?

<- noob

 

[True_Scotsman]

yeah they are supposed to be on the tray, in the correct layout matching the holes in your MB, then screw the MB to them.

 

[ConTRo13R]

yea, make sure there all in the correct position dont wanna kill the mobo now do you

 

[Yurihyuga]

ok ill try that now, guess thats where i went wrong, ill let you guys know, thanks for the help

 

[Ross1234]

And hopefully you have not permanently damaged your motherboard.

Thats why you read the manual

 

[ConTRo13R]

Thats why you read the manual

They come with manuals?

 

[Yurihyuga]

actually quick question am i mean't to put all the standoffs in? or just the ones i need for the mobo?

 

[ConTRo13R]

actually quick question am i mean't to put all the standoffs in? or just the ones i need for the mobo?

JUST the ones for the mobo

 

[Yurihyuga]

nicely clarified

 

[Yurihyuga]

up and running without a hitch now, just gotta connect disk drives. thanks guys.

 

[Ross1234]

Glad you got it sorted

 

[alternate_UK]

It doesn't sound like this was your first build so what I am curious about is - if you never used spacers before - how the hell have your previous PCs not blown up

 

[JonJ678]

Love how frequently this question comes up

I spend so long checking Ive got exactly the right spacers in place, it can be quite hard to judge when your mb tray is completely covered with holes. Missing one out isn't fatal, putting extra ones in could well be

 

[malcolm]

It doesn't sound like this was your first build so what I am curious about is - if you never used spacers before - how the hell have your previous PCs not blown up

Once upon a time, in a galaxy far far away............some cases were supplied with the stand-offs already fitted, and some cases had 'dimples' that lifted the mobo clear of the mounting plate so you don't need stand-offs. Nowadays we have a larger variety of board sizes and hole positions, so we have to fit our own standoffs.