first build, main board being a pain

[gbear]

I am or was, excited to build my first computer, but the mother board is giving me fits! I got the ports to line up and push through the i/o shield, but there is now only 1 screw hole that lines up correctly but before i had the i/o shield put in, one screw hole on each side lined up. is this ok to hold the board in by one screw and the i/o shield or not?i don't want to fry anything before i actually get this built..or afterward for that matter lol
now that the port shield thing is in, the one screw went in fine, but the ones that arent lining up, are just a hair off, just to make you want to pull your hair out. by the way, my case came with all the spacers already installed so do i or can i, take them out and move them if i need to?
lastly, since i have those plastic spacers, do i need standoff screws screwed into those or just the board gets screwd directly to those?
I thought this would be easier than it is, of course this is my first build

[flanzig1]

For an ATX size mother board, there should be nine points on the board for mounting screws. You do want all mounting points used. There should be ONLY the amount of stand-offs needed by the mother board screwed into the case mounting plate. Make sure they are in the correct pattern to match the hole pattern of the mobo. The mother board is screwed to the stand offs without spacers/washers or what ever.

[pam123]

No you can't hold a motherboard in by one screw, well you can but it's really bad idea since the board is going to shift.
Yes you can move the stand-offs.
We need to know what case you have and what board you have.

[gbear]

I forgot to mention in my earlier post, the case i have is a foxconn tlm-487 and the board is a biostar p4m800-m7a just incase that helps anyone looking at my problem.

[pam123]

This is the case :
http://www.foxconnchannel.com/en-us/...d=en-gb0000038

This is your motherboard : http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...Tab=1&NoMapp=0

First look at the case, are there any other slots for stand-offs besides the ones they're in at present?
Then look at the motherboard to see if you've matched them up.
If you have then just move the stand-offs and take it from there.

If there isn't and you must use those stand-offs as is then loosely fasten the one and shift the motherboard that hairs breadth so that you can screw down all the others, at least 4 for the micro-atx board.
Check to make sure it's still fitting the I/O shield and then tighten the screws firmly ( don't overtighten them ).
You may be insisting on a more perfect fit than necessary.

[gbear]

hmm, it helps when you have four hands to line these up, i am glad to report, the board is securely in now. i just wish i had surgeon hands/fingers