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I had a friend who tried to build his own computer and it wouldn't turn on. I looked at it and he had screwed the motherboard directly to the case without using the standoffs. This caused the motherboard to be shorted by being pressed directly onto the metal case.
Very common beginner issue, guides really should be more explicit about standoffs and what they're for. Even after building several computers, just fiddling with the configuration of the standoffs is still a pain in the ass for me. For a beginner who doesn't even know what the hell they do it's a nightmare
classic mistake