Going nuts with this Vipercase: HELP!

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ViperGTS19801

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I am transplanting the guts of my Compaq (AMD Sempron 2.2, GeForce 5500, 2GB RAM) into a brand new Viper ATX case. It didn't fire up at all at first, so I cut it back to a PS, mobo, and power switch. I hit the switch and it powered on, but I didn't have the mobo screwed into the case, it was just resting in it's place.

Where can I get rubber spacers for the mobo? I think that's what it needs.
 
You CANNOT have your motherboard touching you case. ABSOLUTELY NOT. That will cause you PC not to turn on. I know what you are talking about with the rubber spacers but I do not know where to get them.
 
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use cut sections of rubberbands to cover the little nut that the mobo screws into so the rubber is inbetween the nut and your mobo, doing this makes it so you lose your grounding to your case though.. make sure you have the little nut spacers or else you risk frying your mobo if the mobo touches the mobo plate....
 
Just go to your local computer repair shop most have them and if the person is nice they just will give them to you. Also FRY"S carries them.
 
Everyone makes n00bz mistakes sometimes, and I made a big one last night.

The case came with spacers. However, what did I do? I tried to mount the mobo directly to the case frame. Ugh.

I put the spacers in (I missed them, I wasn't looking) and hit the power button...and I am typing this post from it as we speak.
 
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