Installing a backplate if your case doesn't have a hole

hexagonsun · 21 Jan 2011 at 18:24

What's the best way to install a back plate if your case doesn't have a hole? Obviously you will have to do it while the motherboard is out of the case, but what is the best way to position the motherboard so you don't damage it?

thepeganator · 21 Jan 2011 at 18:28

Just take the motherboard out, put it on the table, slide the backplate under, and put the heatsink on, nothing really to it...

hexagonsun · 21 Jan 2011 at 19:15

Ah ok, I hadn't thought of that, I was thinking of turning the motherboard upside down and doing it that way but was worried something might snap or get damaged some other way.

Do you mean literally slide it or place it on the table and put the motherboard over the top? I imagine sliding it could scratch something?

thepeganator · 21 Jan 2011 at 19:22

Either.

I usually do it with some sort of in the air manoeuvre till I get the first screw lined up and done up by hand a little, then after that put it on the table and rotate it to line the rest up.

You wont damage anything if you're sensible.

.Ox. · 21 Jan 2011 at 19:43

Give it TLC and it will all go nice and smooth. Be gentle.