I've been given a machine to try and fix by a family friend that would not power on. If you push the power button nothing would happen at all. I tried a different PSU and tried to jumper the power switch with no joy, I also cleared the CMOS. I then attempted to build the machine out of the case and it started working again. After looking at the inside of the case I noticed this.
The board is a micro ATX and all the parts I've circled are mark for micro ATX. This is where it get interesting, there are only 3 mother board stands. These had been positioned in the 3 lower highlighted screw holes and the rest of the board had been screwed onto the mounds. I'm guessing this was causing the mobo to short and not boot. I guessing this case does not have the correct amount of stands and screwing it directly onto these mounds had caused a short?
The board is a micro ATX and all the parts I've circled are mark for micro ATX. This is where it get interesting, there are only 3 mother board stands. These had been positioned in the 3 lower highlighted screw holes and the rest of the board had been screwed onto the mounds. I'm guessing this was causing the mobo to short and not boot. I guessing this case does not have the correct amount of stands and screwing it directly onto these mounds had caused a short?
