Please help me, home built computer will not work at all.

legionss said:
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Still from this pic, looks like a screw short top left (just left of 4 pin power connector)
I would make sure that all the screws that can be used to fix your Motherboard to the chassis are used.
Enjoy your new build, practice makes perfect ...... :)
 
LOL! My mate did the same years ago with his first build. Didn't post until I noticed the problem. Wasn't damaged though - seems that between them, the PSU and mobo are clever enough to refuse to power up before any damage can be done with such a major short going on :). More worrying is the mechanical stress the poor board would be under cranking those screws up with no stand-offs and bending the bejesus out of the board :eek:. Hope you got away with it, OP. Everyone has to start somewhere. Manuals are a good idea until you get some experience under your belt :).
 
I enjoyed every bit of this!

Well done to the posters for their commitment and patience.

To OP, please build more PC's to keep me entertained ;)
 
lol just looking at that pic, you can see the vga is plugged into the incorrect port.

There's us examining his board with a fine tooth comb (i know it was shorting) But we failed to spot the huge vga cable hanging out of the wrong port. :)
 
Looking at the later pics, he still looks like he missing some risers and screws, as the mobo dont look secured or lined up well. Like mentioned, top right need a screw to hold it, but it is missing, so what has the mobo been aligned up on.
 
acharris said:
Looking at the later pics, he still looks like he missing some risers and screws, as the mobo dont look secured or lined up well. Like mentioned, top right need a screw to hold it, but it is missing, so what has the mobo been aligned up on.
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I think he said he put the right amount of stand-offs/screws in after taking that pic.

Goes to reread.......
 
Regarding the stand offs, some cheaper cases (like mine) have raised bumps where you screw the mobo to the case, in my case i only had to use 4 stand offs the rest screwed in to the raised bits.

If I had screwed stand offs in to the raised bit it would not have lined up with the back plate.

Or am I 'doing it wrong'?
 
no that sounds about right, iirc some of the standoff positions in the ATX spec are used by all ATX motherboards, others are only used by some, so it's probably cheaper for some cases to have the "always used" mounts stamped out at the same time the case panels are stamped/pressed (it probably saves a fraction of a penny per standoff, but that soon adds up if the case is being made very cheaply).

I vaguely remember seeing something similar on some cheap cases i've worked on before.
 
Aye, what he says ^^^. I've seen various implementations of the mobo spacers in my time. As long as the slots/ports are all lining up, and you're not bending the crap out of the mobo when you're cranking down screws, you're probably doing it right:)
 
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