noob question

[Justin5435]

when i disassemble some pc 
all of them have masking tape on the stand off
wats the purpose of that ? and do u rlly need to put masking tape on stand off ?

sorry for bad english 

[NMS]

Could you please provide a photo?

[userzero]

Masking tape on the motherboard stand off's? Not seen that.

[Guest Generallee]

I have never seen that in any PC i've ever laid my hands on

[TetraSky]

That, is not normal.
I'm assuming whoever built the computer was so scared of shorting the motherboard, they that thought placing masking tape on the standoffs would help.

But that is NOT required, unless it's a standoff that is irremovable and isn't standard ATX, meaning it would short the motherboard by touching the back of it. (And even there I would sooner cut it off entirely)

But in general, if the standoffs are aligned with the screw holes on the motherboard, there will be no problem.