Hi. I'm gonna be building a new system soon and I figured I better run everything to see if it works before fixing everything in the casing. I know this is poosible as I have seen it before. Just curious about what precautions need to be taken. I know that the mobo needs to be placed on some kinda insulator, usually people use the anti-static foam that comes with it right? What about the power supply? Does it need to be grounded? And how do I get the comp to start up without the switch that comes on the case?

Ok.....meaning I can just leave the power supply on the floor or table as well?

And to start it, correct me if I'm wrong but all I gotta do is put a jumper on these 2 pins right?

Ok thanks for clearing that up because I read somewhere else that you gotta use a jumper. Lucky I double checked How about the other parts like hard drive and disk drive? I guess they can be just left on the table or something right?

This post has been edited by joe_star: May 24 2007, 04:48 PM

Yeah its just for testing only.....once I startup and make sure everything is running i'll fix everything in the case



Owh.....is that so? Meaning I touch the pins 1st and then turn on the psu switch huh?

Yea was planning to do that as a last option if I'm too afraid to short it. Moreover it aint my pc.......die man if smth blows

Hmm....realized the usefulness of a caseless comp when oc-ing. Kinda hard frequently resetting the cmos jumper on my board with a 8800gts inside the case . Btw I love this board...has a built in power switch on the mobo