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Is it safe to use 8 motherboard screws on an ATX motherboard?

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So the Cooler Master Masterbox 5 comes with 9 motherboard standoffs, but only 8 motherboard screws. Is it safe to use only 8 screws, and if so, where do I put them?

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How many holes are there in your motherboard?

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Just now, kameshss said:

How many holes are there in your motherboard?

It's an ATX motherboard, so there are 9 holes.

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2 minutes ago, GalacticRuler said:

It's an ATX motherboard, so there are 9 holes.

You can just ignore the bottom middle one. It'll be secure. Nothing gonna happen. Get one later from a friend or someone and then put it later. It's gonna be fine :)

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Just now, kameshss said:

You can just ignore the bottom middle one. It'll be secure. Nothing gonna happen. Get one later from a friend or someone and then put it later. It's gonna be fine :)

So I should ignore the bottom middle one and not the center middle one?

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the middle one is not a screw hole, it's just there so you can center your motherboard correctly

there are 8 screws to be used with ATX motherboard

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8 minutes ago, DXMember said:

the middle one is not a screw hole, it's just there so you can center your motherboard correctly

there are 8 screws to be used with ATX motherboard

Depends on the board and case, some cases have a stand-off there, some have that little nipple thing for centering.

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