One Loose Motherboard Mounting Screw Stopped Computer

I was racking my brains trying to figure out why my P4T motherboard died. I
spent hours swapping out hardware and RAM. When I was unscrewing the
motherboard to take it to the shop I noticed one screw was really loose. I
tightened it up and the computer started up like nothing happened! After 4
years of vibration from the fans this screw got loose. So if your mobo dies
check the mounting screws!!
Its always the simple stuff that trips you up.

On Fri, 09 Jul 2004 05:01:48 GMT, "Mike" <nospam.RemoveThis@email.com> wrote:

 >I was racking my brains trying to figure out why my P4T motherboard died. I
 >spent hours swapping out hardware and RAM. When I was unscrewing the
 >motherboard to take it to the shop I noticed one screw was really loose. I
 >tightened it up and the computer started up like nothing happened! After 4
 >years of vibration from the fans this screw got loose. So if your mobo dies
 >check the mounting screws!!
 >Its always the simple stuff that trips you up.
 >

Sounds like the board is shorting out somewhere if you ask me.
One missing/loose screw shouldn't bring the whole thing down! ;p
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