One thing I don't quite understand is why you insulated the stand-offs. I do remember back in the early 2000s building quite a few PCs, the case would come with these pink cardboard washers and we'd use them just under the screw itself. TBH I can't remember the exact reason - my guess was they prevented stripping / damage (those screws had ridged teeth on the screw flange) and provided extra grip - but I don't think preventing conductivity between the mobo and case was the reason at all, coz the stand-off would contact the underside solder points of the mobo anyway. (And it'd pretty darn tricky to put in place one of those washers betwixt, so one each side.) You'd probably want to ground as many contact points on the mobo as possible - including the upper traces. So yea, I'd have just screwed them in normally. Don't think I've ever seen a cardboard washer in 15 years. Anyway, informative video thanks for sharing.
In my old days, it was not uncommon for boards to ground out and not boot or even post. That's when? i put the tape like that to insulate it on all sides (over and under). The problem was the boards, not the case. Other than that, I was wondering, when someone would notice and ask the question. This thing actually had cardboard washers. Thanks.
I'm not sure about that, unless you run one of those M.2 SATA adapter cards, if you already have the mini-itx with the one expansion slot. That's just my unqualified opinion.....
One thing I don't quite understand is why you insulated the stand-offs.
I do remember back in the early 2000s building quite a few PCs, the case would come with these pink cardboard washers and we'd use them just under the screw itself. TBH I can't remember the exact reason - my guess was they prevented stripping / damage (those screws had ridged teeth on the screw flange) and provided extra grip - but I don't think preventing conductivity between the mobo and case was the reason at all, coz the stand-off would contact the underside solder points of the mobo anyway. (And it'd pretty darn tricky to put in place one of those washers betwixt, so one each side.) You'd probably want to ground as many contact points on the mobo as possible - including the upper traces.
So yea, I'd have just screwed them in normally. Don't think I've ever seen a cardboard washer in 15 years.
Anyway, informative video thanks for sharing.
In my old days, it was not uncommon for boards to ground out and not boot or even post. That's when? i put the tape like that to insulate it on all sides (over and under). The problem was the boards, not the case. Other than that, I was wondering, when someone would notice and ask the question. This thing actually had cardboard washers. Thanks.
I need to find some spot for my hba as i want to have gpu in
I'm not sure about that, unless you run one of those M.2 SATA adapter cards, if you already have the mini-itx with the one expansion slot. That's just my unqualified opinion.....
@@JohnPonthecuff probably I will drill hole and mount this HBA somehow to the lid ))