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The motherboard mounting screws that Antec provides have a wide head that serves as a non-removable washer. Unlike any other case in which I’ve installed, the screw covers the entire metal mounting area surrounding each hole (although, granted, I’ve only had experience with cheap SLK3000B-type cases before this). Well, I spent most of the afternoon installing some heatsinks, modifying a Zalman NB cooler, testing some fans, etc. A few hours later, I had the motherboard installed in the case, and I flipped the power on. There was a small light show in the top lefthand corner, and then that terrible burning smell. Here are the gruesome pictures.
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Screw:
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Screw installed:
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Screw removed:
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It’s hard to tell because the piece melted, but it definitely wasn’t touching the metal screw. So I guess it arced? It’s not as if this was my first system install, and nothing like this has ever happened to me before. So now the motherboard is dead (obviously); I just see a few debug lights, and the PS won't turn on. Also, I have no idea if a few of the connected components were damaged, because this is the only 939, PCI-Express motherboard I have... so my brand new A64 3700+ San Diego and 6800GT are in limbo right now. And I haven’t worked up the courage to test my memory and PS yet.
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Just a warning for those installing in a P180: you might consider avoiding the supplied motherboard screws.
This was a DFI LanParty NF4 Ultra-D, so anyone installing the DFI NF4 boards should be especially cautious.
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