Built Your Own PC: A Step By Step Guide

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Line up the motherboard with the standoffs and screw the motherboard in place. Try not to be tempted by that gold heatsink. It's only gold plated, not made from pure gold. :)

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You  will also need to put on the proper back bracket. The L&C case comes with all the different bracket layouts, along with all the needed screws and standoffs. The AOpen motherboard is a PC-99 spec board. Notice the cool colors on the I/O ports. If you buy a PC-99 mouse the port on the mouse will be the same color as the mouse port. I guess lots of people get the mouse and keyboard port reversed.

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