Solve : AHHHHH motherboard wont fit!?

1.	Solve : AHHHHH motherboard wont fit!?
Answer» both are atx case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811190040 mobo http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128344&Tpk=GA-EP45-DS3R the i/o pannle maches up perfectly but the only hole that maches on the mobo is the bottom left i dont know what to do! i put it in RIGHT and everything cept i cant put any screws in cause they dont line up!!!! what to do!Maybe not what you wanna do but - as an old engineer I'd mark up for the other needed holes and drill case after moving mobo out the way - and use suitable sheet metal screws to suit mobo holes - ASSUMING of COURSE that mobo holes are in ''safe'' zones of PCB. If screws project outside case - no biggie unless esthetics matter. Add spacers to suit too of course - fiber washers or something non conductive. Not sure what else you can do right now.hmm strange now it fitsQuote from: computeruler on August 19, 2008, 06:20:59 PM hmm strange now it fits Ahh good - so you found that big hammer then !!!! no i just pushed a little LOLFirst build ? ?Quote from: patio on August 19, 2008, 08:15:52 PM First build ? ? Sounds like it. Ha ha.lol no second ROFL i just didnt wanna break it or anything so i was very gental and didnt want to push it but its all working now! W()()()()()777

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both are atx
case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811190040
mobo
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128344&Tpk=GA-EP45-DS3R
the i/o pannle maches up perfectly but the only hole that maches on the mobo is the bottom left i dont know what to do! i put it in RIGHT and everything cept i cant put any screws in cause they dont line up!!!! what to do!Maybe not what you wanna do but - as an old engineer I'd mark up for the other needed holes and drill case after moving mobo out the way - and use suitable sheet metal screws to suit mobo holes - ASSUMING of COURSE that mobo holes are in ''safe'' zones of PCB.

If screws project outside case - no biggie unless esthetics matter. Add spacers to suit too of course - fiber washers or something non conductive.

Not sure what else you can do right now.hmm strange now it fitsQuote from: computeruler on August 19, 2008, 06:20:59 PM

hmm strange now it fits

Ahh good - so you found that big hammer then !!!! no i just pushed a little LOLFirst build ? ?Quote from: patio on August 19, 2008, 08:15:52 PM

First build ? ?

Sounds like it. Ha ha.lol no second ROFL i just didnt wanna break it or anything so i was very gental and didnt want to push it but its all working now! W()()()()()777

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