atx mobo won't fit inside the corsair 200r

[miksnake]

i have been fiddling with the gigabyte ga-z98x gaming for about 15 minutes and i just can't get it to fit inside the chassy can anybody guide me in the right direction

 

[legokill101]

what do you mean won't fit? physicly it wont fit, because it should. or do the standoffs not line up

 

[miksnake]

well the standoffs and the mobo just dosen't align

 

[mcnumpty23]

move the standoffs--they might have been pre installed for a mini/micro board

 

[miksnake]

wéll the standoffs can't be moved they are kinda preinstalled

 

[mcnumpty23]

wéll the standoffs can't be moved they are kinda preinstalled

all of them are part of the rear of the case?

and there no extra holes to add standoffs?

 

[miksnake]

there's none well maybe there came two standoffs with the it but i don't know where to mount them as there is 8 holes

 

[mcnumpty23]

says it supports Mini-ITX, MicroATX, ATX on their website

so either there are some removable standoffs or you need to add some to line up the extra holes on the atx board

should be pretty straightforward--but a photo might help as never used that case

 

[miksnake]

http://s1303.photobucket.com/user/miksnake/media/IMG_20150415_200819_zpsgsytysan.jpg.html

 

[miksnake]

i just tried to measure the mobo in comparison to the chassy and theoretically they should line up, though i still can't get them to align

 

[mcnumpty23]

looks right--what you do is place the motherboard in--the holes will be out by a few mm till you push the board towards the io shield--then they should line up

 

[miksnake]

but that's the problem when i push it toward the io shield none of the holes line up

 

[spdragoo]

Well, first off, I'm assuming you meant a Z97 board. Is it the Gaming 3, one of the UD types (note there's apparently a difference between UDx and UDx-BK models), or even one of the D models? Just from the pictures on Gigabyte's website (http://www.gigabyte.com/products/list.aspx?s=42&jid=0&p=346&v=23), the boards are not identical in their dimensions.

As for the standoffs...while the manual (http://www.corsair.com/~/media/Corsair/download-files/manuals/49_000178_revAA_200R_InstallGuide_EFGISRChJ.pdf) indicates that it has room for 9 standoff screws, whether or not they line up may also depend on the board's layout. For example, the GA-Z97 Gaming 3 looks like it has 7 standoff holes; the rear 3 should line up with the case, as well as the middle 3, but I'm not sure about the 7th hole. Again, though, it's hard to tell with drawings that may not necessarily be to scale.

 

[mcnumpty23]

if you take the io shield out just to check--do they line up then?

 

[miksnake]

well i figured it out. it had to be screwed from the bottom to the top and not the other way around. i kinda feel stupid

 

[mcnumpty23]

i always put in the bottom corner standoff screw but dont fully tighten it then move the board to check the rest of the holes align--done it so many times just couldnt figure out how you could be doing it wrong

you live and learn--hopefully its the only problem you have with your build