Everything About PC Motherboard

Know what’s inside your motherboard….

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Easy Steps on How to Install a Motherboard

  1. If your computer is plugged in, unplug it. Make sure you have your antistatic wrist band on and open the computer’s case.
  2. Next, screw in the spacers that should have came with you case into the holes that you selected above. Some computers may also have snap-in spacers instead of the screw in spacers. The spacers look like this:
  3. Hold the motherboard just above the case to find which holes of the case line up with the holes in the mother board.
  4. Once the spacers are securely in it’s time to install your motherboard by gently laying it in the case onto the spacers. When the holes of the motherboard line up with the holes of the spacers, screw the motherboard in place with the screws provided with the case.
  5. Do not over tighten these screws as they can crack and ruin your motherboard. If the screw’s head looks too wide and it may disrupt the motherboards circuitry you can place a rubber buffer between the screw and the board.
  6. Finally, the last step for installing a motherboard is to make some of the basic connections. Which include the case’s on/off switch, case indicator lights, reset button, and speakers? The location of these connections is different in every computer, so check your motherboard’s user manual.

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