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Found out the hard way that cheap standoffs can short your motherboard
My custom build died last Saturday when a $3 standoff from Amazon sheared off inside the thread and arced against the tray, so now I'm stuck replacing the board and spending $25 on a decent set from a local shop - has anyone else had cheap hardware fry their components?
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noahs823d ago
Wait, aren't standoffs supposed to be brass so they don't conduct?
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the_vera2d ago
No disrespect but I think brass ones can still mess stuff up if they're cheap junk. The metal itself isn't the problem, it's the threading being way too soft and snapping off inside the hole. That's what got me.
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