Having problems installing mobo into case

Smoogels

Smoogels

Smoogels

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Hey.

A Corsair 300R case arrived this morning and I was keen to get installing into it. I moved (or am trying to) my existing hardware to this new case but I do have a few problems relating to the installation of the motherboard.

Firstly, in the middle of this case is a random "screw" which is not like the other mounting points in the case. This can be hard to describe so I have used my ultra HD phone camera:)

Image of the 'middle' mount
http://i45.tinypic.com/160s93p.jpg

Image overview of the case around that area (middle mount I'm talking about is top middle :) )
http://i47.tinypic.com/1zc0081.jpg

What is this? Do I align the motherboard for it, do I put something ontop (I can't see anything relating to it in the accessory pack)

Also, when I try to align everything the motherboard can't seem to get all 9 ATX mounting holes. Often I can screw about 7-8 and the last ones are just not possible to screw.

I have ran out of ideas what to do and am rather lost. Have now been trying for hours:( My mother board is a Z77X-D3H Gigabyte board and my setup installed fine in my older case.

Thanks in advance :)
 
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Sorry for the big images. It seems I cannot edit my post :( If I could I would just paste the link to the image. Edit: Fixxed it :D
 
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and any of those fittings come out if needed with the right tools.

not that they should need moving, holes are pre done for different sized m/b's that's all

h88p://www.pc-tips-and-tricks.com/how-to-install-a-motherboard.html

old ones but basically the same,


stand off risers i think they call them
 
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Some boards need a little pressure applied to the edge of them to get all the screw holes lined up correctly.
 
As Stulid mentioned, some boards do require a little force, also check the rear I/O Shield some times has tabs or breakaways which can interfear, just pull these back.
 
Thanks for ll your replys. In the end, I had to use a bit more force :D Was a little scary hearing small "tin foil like" sounds but everything seems OK. I do have another issue, which is probably 99.9% not related to the new case so I will make a new thread:)

Thanks again
 
Just make sure the tin foil sounds are the pins on the backing plate and not the mobo cracking.

I had the same riser on one of the coolmaster cases i did a build on an you shouldn't be hearing sounds.

Whats the other problem you've ran in to.
 
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