Motherboard Installation

[lucky7]

This is my first build and i just installed my p35-ds3l into the case and it looks good and feels tight and all but i want to make sure i did this right. I put the 6 standoffs into the motherboard tray, atx format obviously, and then screwed 6 screws into those standoffs after putting the board down. However there is 1 more spot to put a screw but i dont think there is a standoff under it. That would make a seventh screw. Will i be fine not putting that one in or do i have to? The hole is down the right side of the motherboard halfway down it. Sry that whole paragraph is probably very confusing

 

[StrangleHold]

The standoffs only go where theres grounding strips around the holes. If you missed one and the boards not flexing where it missing, like near your CPU-Memory or PCI/PCIe slots where you would be pushing down on the board it should be fine.

 

[lucky7]

k thx yea it feels pretty firm. If it wasnt firm tho what would happen?

 

[Rothzael]

Just make sure the PCB can't ever touch the case and can't vibrate too much.

 

[Nvidia4life]

Depending on the case, all the standoffs don't always match up. I had an extra hole with no standoff when I built this computer.