I ordered the parts for my first build last week, and today I got the last package. I just began assembling everything but noticed there were only three brass standoffs for the motherboard. The mobo (DFI Lanparty UT nf4 SLI-DR Expert) has nine holes for standoffs and the case (Antec 180B) has eleven locations/screw-in places for the standoffs. The mobo came with none and the case came with some standoffs, but only three. I got the screws for securing the mobo to the standoffs and they also came with the case (none with the mobo) but there are more than twelve of those -- possibly just over twenty!
I could place the three brass standoffs in a triangle pattern, but I'm not sure I'm only supposed to have three of them. Antec support offices are closed for the day so I'll call them tomorrow, but I thought I'd go ahead and pose the question to you folks in the mean time:
Are only three brass standoffs enough to secure the motherboard to the case?
(Again, I checked the packages of both products: no screws or brass standoffs came with the motherboard and only three standoffs but a bunch of screws with the case... I also checked that little "toolbox" attached to the top drive cage in the P180B, but it was empty.)
I could place the three brass standoffs in a triangle pattern, but I'm not sure I'm only supposed to have three of them. Antec support offices are closed for the day so I'll call them tomorrow, but I thought I'd go ahead and pose the question to you folks in the mean time:
Are only three brass standoffs enough to secure the motherboard to the case?
(Again, I checked the packages of both products: no screws or brass standoffs came with the motherboard and only three standoffs but a bunch of screws with the case... I also checked that little "toolbox" attached to the top drive cage in the P180B, but it was empty.)