[Techtalk] strange hardware question

[Mike Robinson]

I've had the power switch die in a case before.  As well, a dumpster dived case had some 
loose metal shavings which shorted something on the motherboard.

I'd double check that there are enough standoffs (and that the standoffs are high enough) 
to keep the motherboard from touching the casing.  And that there's nothing else making 
contact with the mb that shouldn't be.

m.


Maria McKinley wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> Has anyone had an experience where a computer case seems to "go bad"? I 
> had a computer die on me, and ever since then, even though I have 
> changed out all of the innards, I can't get the hardware to boot up 
> anymore as long as it is in this case. This is actually the 2nd time 
> this has happened to me, and the other case I finally just got rid of. 
> Any idea what could happen to a case to cause this?
> 
> cheers,
> maria
> 
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