I'm building an HTPC in an Antec Minuet case that I bought a couple of years ago. The manual says to use brass standoffs under the motherboard, just like any other case I've ever used. But if brass standoffs came with the case, I can't find them. And when I use standoffs from another Antec case, which fit, the motherboard is mounted way too high to fit the I/O panel.
The mount holes are on little metal hills, so I suppose it's just barely possible that the motherboard mounts direct on those hills, without standoffs. But the manual says otherwise, and I'd really rather not short out my motherboard, which is the most expensive component of my system.
Has anybody built a PC in an Antec Minuet case? Did you use standoffs? (This case supports micro-ATX motherboards only.)