Building help

[ManEatingFridge]

Hey guys,

So I'm in the middle of building my new pc and I've got an issue:

I put the cpu and ram on the mobo (Asrock Fatal1ty 990FX Killer) and once I started putting the mobo in the case (In Win GT1) I realized that the standoffs made the board too high and even without them mounting the board on the bubbles in the case the I/O shield and mobo wont connect, also I think I might have scratched the back of the mobo with those friggin standoffs.

I'm scared ;(

What do I do?

[Alterlai]

What case and mobo did you buy?

[ElephantCrave]

What case and mobo did you buy?

He has mentioned it in the post

[ManEatingFridge]

What case and mobo did you buy?

The ones mentioned

[ManEatingFridge]

I mean I can see a visible scratch mark on the back of the mobo...

Has all of my money gone to waste?

[das affe]

Are you sure you put the standoffs only in the places whrer they are needed? are the scratches deep? try to put the motherboards back(where the usb ports are) against the i/o shield and then put down the whole thing slowly. but be sure not to leave any unnessessary standoffs in the case

[Tea1337]

The standoffs on the case are fine, make sure you have all the right standoff's placed. But the motherboard in at more of an angle into the I/O shield, or put it in at the front of the case moving towards the IO shield. If the are just surface ones you should be fine.

[ManEatingFridge]

Are you sure you put the standoffs only in the places whrer they are needed? are the scratches deep? try to put the motherboards back(where the usb ports are) against the i/o shield and then put down the whole thing slowly. but be sure not to leave any unnessessary standoffs in the case

Okay so the I/O thing really isn't an issue but the board is mounted on the bubbles and the scratch is a visible white line, not like a cut

[Alterlai]

He has mentioned it in the post

 

 

The ones mentioned

 

I have no excuse for this.... Not even gonna try

[dragosudeki]

Did you scratch it along the stand while putting the motherboard in? Did you put it in at an angle instead of trying to slide it over the MoBo stand?

[ManEatingFridge]

Did you scratch it along the stand while putting the motherboard in? Did you put it in at an angle instead of trying to slide it over the MoBo stand?

I put it at an angle, but the mobo moved on the three stands as I was trying to figure out what was wrong

[ManEatingFridge]

Okay so I got the mobo in place but how the hell am I suposed to connect the 16 pin on my cx750m? its like a freaking iron bar