So i've been having no signal problems with my new build and my friend suspects that the mobo is dead. Most likely from not being properly grounded. How do you ground a mobo? Don't you just screw it into the chasis? I thought I did that but maybe I didn't screw it in well enough because one of them popped out when I was installing the ram. Is there anything else I need to ground?
Grounding the Mobo
- Thread starter musashia
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I have. Believe me. I have tried everything.
I am getting know signal to the monitor so this is how I troubleshooted. Check cables. Tried new cables. Switched from VGA to DVI to DVI to DVI. Took out the video card. Plugged it into the motherboard video port. Checked all power sources. But still... NO LUCK WITH ANYTHING! MONITOR GETS NO SIGNAL!
Synesthesia
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The first motherboard I used in a build (only a year ago) had the screw holes connected to the circuit, which must have meant that it was grounded through that method.
I heard that not grounding it can fry the board....but most likely not on your first start up try.
I heard that not grounding it can fry the board....but most likely not on your first start up try.
Synesthesia
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I think you have to?
The standoffs keep the bottom of board from shorting out against the case plate. They go under and only under the grounded holes on the board. Plus without them the board would not line up with the I/O bracket in the back of the case.
It will start fine without. You can have it lying flat on your desk, and it will start fine. The ground needed to operate is given through the black psu-wire
Seriously? How did you find that? They're both intel and the mobo says it takes Core 2 Duo processors..
Cleric7x9
Active Member
there is so much more to it. manufacturing process (45nm, 65nm?), front side bus, memory support, etc.
When I use to build computers all the time I killed a few mother boards by grounding them. I know most mother boards have a place for a ground but I never use it. Now I use plastic mounts and plastic screws so nothing gets grounded. I have not killed a MD in several years. Sometimes a grounded MD will make the computer act like it is dead then once the ground is removed the computer will work fine as long as it the ground didn't killed the mother board.
Do you use them everywhere (including psu, harddrives, pci cards, etc)? What about the IO shield - this also makes contact...?
Using the standoffs is not for grounding the board. Its to keep the back of the PCB/board from shorting out on the case metal mounting plate.
Right.
grounded backplate ?
When I built my system and installed the CPU cooler, there was a backplate for that cooler. The instructions said to peel the heavy paper off of the backing plate. So I did. When I turned the system on, I had no display. I thought the Mobo wasn't working. I starting doing a little poking around and going through the building process and decided that the back plate was probably shorting out the board. I put that backing paper back on the backplate, fired it up and everything was good. You might want to think about if you have a situation like that.
When I built my system and installed the CPU cooler, there was a backplate for that cooler. The instructions said to peel the heavy paper off of the backing plate. So I did. When I turned the system on, I had no display. I thought the Mobo wasn't working. I starting doing a little poking around and going through the building process and decided that the back plate was probably shorting out the board. I put that backing paper back on the backplate, fired it up and everything was good. You might want to think about if you have a situation like that.