How durable are motherboards?

[acemoddrz]

Hello all!
I was wondering how durable motherboards are.

a little backstory:
I recently just installed a GigaByte a320m S2H motherboard into my new system last night, I am now only waiting on my PSU and my memory, everything else is installed, I noticed that when I was trying to get the standoffs screwed in they only turned half a turn. whilst I soon figured out that CoolerMaster sent the wrong thread standoffs, I decided to take matters into my own hands. In which I grabbed my Vice-Grips and got them all put in the whole way, all the standoffs were completely in place. When I was putting the motherboard on top of the standoffs and struggling with the I/O plate; the back of the motherboard (where the access solder from the capacitors stick out like pins) made a sharp noise when it moved over the standoffs.

Everything is installed including the GPU and HDD. Is there anything I should be worried about? am I overthinking it?

 

[drea.drechsler]

Firstly: Those small (M3) screws come in 2 different threads: a coarse thread and a fine thread. USUALLY the motherboard mounts using ONLY the fine threaded variant and the case covers and other items use the coarse thread variant. It is VERY common to use the wrong one and get the screw stuck in the stand-off.

Secondly: Do not ever drag the board across the stand-off's, you're not overthinking it in this case. If it were me, while waiting, I'd take the board out and check the bottom. There are frequently many fine traces and small components mounted on the bottom.

If a trace(s) are scratched through the board could be irreparably damaged and there's not much you can do about that except hope it only disables an unused circuit or function of the motherboard. Some components, small capacitors, serve a highly redundanct function so even if damaged or scraped away the board will still work. You'll want to make sure they aren't pushed into a position that shorts a voltage to ground which would cause damage when turned on and that's why I suggest to take it out and carefully examine the bottom.