I used only one metal post, the others are plastic spacers.

BTW, would it be a good idea not use any metal post at all (using plastic
spacers only)? Or does it leave the mobo ungrounded ?

Bharat

-----Original Message-----
From: David Gillett <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, March 31, 1999 6:16 AM
Subject: Re: SMPS Voltage & leakage


  I recently saw a case where the manufacturer had installed a metal
post in every available support point.
  That's a poor idea, because no board provides holes for them all.
Some of those metal posts are going to wind up near/touching the
underside of the board in areas that were not designed to be grounded,
and I imagine that a short here might produce symptoms like you
describe.

  So, if this is a new machine, I would check that metal posts are
present only where there are holes to bolt the motherboard into place.


David G

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