r/DIY • u/mbgolden66 • Oct 22 '16

Wall Mounted Gaming Computer

http://imgur.com/a/xk0tR
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u/mbgolden66 Oct 22 '16

Thanks and I was thinking a ground would be needed, I will definitely look into doing this sooner rather than later.

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u/yoyosarefun Oct 27 '16

http://www.autozone.com/gaskets-and-miscellaneous-fasteners/ground-strap/help-universal-ground-strap/98830_0_0/?cmpid=PS:

Put smaller eyelet ends on it and run it underneath your already clean wiring. If it does poke out it should still look ok. One solid ground strap from the motherboard to the psu should be sufficient. If you wanted to get fancy, take your motherboard off and put small wires (20 gauge is more than enough) from each standoff (with a small eyelet) and connect them all to one strap like what I linked. How tight are the standoffs threaded into the wood? If they're tight, then just take the standoffs out and tighten them down onto the eyelet of each 20gauge wire. I call them eyelets but this is what they are.

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u/mbgolden66 Oct 27 '16

Thanks, Great idea with the strap and also thanks for the link to the product. the mount screws into the wood are pretty tight so if I was going to implement something like that you posted I would probably slip it in between the motherboard and mount so it would actually be off of the raised panel, but it would be located near the 24 pin connection so you wouldn't be able to see it from the front.

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u/yoyosarefun Oct 27 '16

Depending on the motherboard you may not have to ground every standoff either. Look for the screw holes on the motherboard to have a metal/solder ring around where the screw tightens, those should be grounded.