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AT PC standoffs question

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First post, by harddrivespin

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Forgive my stupidity, but how exactly do you use AT Plastic standoffs with an AT mobo?

Reply 1 of 1, by CkRtech

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You have three possibilities

1: You have a hole in your case for a metal screw stand-off like in a modern ATX case. Sometimes there will be a couple of places for these in an AT case (and the other mounting points require plastic standoffs).

There are two plastic/nylon stand-off types

2: You have a larger hole in your case that can accommodate a plastic standoff with a peg on bottom like this one:

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It can then be slotted into the motherboard like so:

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3: You have a spacer. Same as #2 above, but there is no peg. It just creates a little foot for the mobo to rest against the mounting plate in your case.

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It is perfectly normal to use some combination of those three in an AT case.

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