Asrock Z170 Pro 4 Question

Sheesh wardog,

Also, DO NOT use these plastic types unless only needed.

They are NOT conductive and our boards we use now require grounding via the fastening screws and standoffs to the chassis of the case.

If there is lead built up around the MBs standoff holes where the screw tightens to, that signifies it is meant as a grounding point.

Most times if used around the periphery of the board you're ok. It's around devices, slots, and chipsets that these should not be used on todays boards. This is where grounding is much more important, but a corner or two is most times ok.

wardog wrote: peroni wrote: I just looked at mine, confirmed, there are 7 screws plus you could use two standoffs in the corners as explained by Xaltar. Side note: In instances where a case I'm building into does not have the proper mounting holes for standoffs, I having built computers for years and years now, have a bag full of those now old pop-in plastic standoffs that I will grind the threads off and pop into the MBs holes to support that section(s). One, they're plastic, thus not conductive. Two, they support where no hole is present beneath.

peroni wrote: I just looked at mine, confirmed, there are 7 screws plus you could use two standoffs in the corners as explained by Xaltar.

Side note:

In instances where a case I'm building into does not have the proper mounting holes for standoffs, I having built computers for years and years now, have a bag full of those now old pop-in plastic standoffs that I will grind the threads off and pop into the MBs holes to support that section(s).

One, they're plastic, thus not conductive. Two, they support where no hole is present beneath.

Xaltar wrote: [edit] haha Wardog beat me to it

Giving my all here this morning hoping for that digital you're on the hook to me for



OP, rule of thumb to follow.

The only number of standoffs screwed into the case should/better correlate directly to the number of securing holes the motherboard has. 1 stand off = 1 hole.

No more, period. All unused other standoffs should be removed.

look up your manual, you have PCIe1 to PCIe5