User Guide

Installing the Mainboard 2-3

Installing the Mainboard to the Casing

Most computer cases will have a base on which there will be many mounting

holes that allows the mainboard to be securely attached and at the same time,

prevents short circuits.

There are two ways to attach the mainboard to the base.

l with spacers

l or with bolts

In principle, the best way to attach the motherboard is with bolts, and only if

you are unable to do this should you attach the board with spacers. Take a

careful look at the mainboard and you will see many mounting holes on it. Line

these holes up with the mounting holes on the base. If the holes line up, and

there are screw holes this means you can attach the mainboard with bolts. If the

holes line up and there are only slots, this means you can only attach the

mainboard with spacers. Take the tip of the spacers and insert it into the slots.

After doing this to all the slots, you can slide the mainboard into position aligned

with the slots. After the mainboard has been positioned, check to make sure

everything is OK before putting the casing back on.

Note: If the mainboard has mounting holes, but don’t line up with the holes

on the base and their are no slots to attach the spacers, don’t panic, you can still

attach the spacers to the mounting holes. Just cut the spacers (along the dotted

line) (the spacer may be a little hard so be careful of our hands). In this way you

can still attach the mainboard to the base without worrying about short circuits.

Why is it that Cyrix is always raised in relation to IBM in books? In

fact, these two 6*86 CPUs (limited to the 6*86 series) are basically

the same thing. Because Cyrix does not have its own production line,

it has contracted IBM to manufacture their 6*86 CPUs for them.

However, IBM has stipulated that the Cyrix CPUs they produce

have both the Cyrix and IBM mark printed on it.

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