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The Motherboard Mounting the motherboard properly is crucial. If you do not properly secure the board inside the case, there is the potential that you could short the enitre board out. To the right is a fairly typical motherboard. We'll go over what most of these slots mean a bit later, but for right now we're going to focus on mounting the motherboard on the case.

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The picture shown on the right is what you really need to focus on right now. These holes, known as the motherboard mounts, are the holes that you use with the screws, pictured above, to secure the motherboard onto the case. The above motherboard riser is the most commonly used one, but there are the occasional plastic ones used as well.

You do not necessarily have to use a screw with every mount, but I recommend mounting the 4 corners and at least 2 mounts on the inner part of the board.

If the board is still in direct contact with the case, the motherboard has a very real possibility of shorting out in the not-too-distant future.

We'll come back to more work on the motherboard in a sec, but right now, we're going to move on to mounting the processor on the motherboard.

Next: Assemble a Computer: Mounting the CPU

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