It seems funny talking about “inside” of a case that is opened, but there are a lot we need to explain in order for you to completely understand Skeleton and learn how to build a PC using it.

The first problem we face was the lack of a manual. Yes, you read it right. Skeleton doesn’t come with a manual, just with a one-sheet quick guide that doesn’t help much due to the unusual design used by this case. Antec says on this quick guide that this was done due to their commitment to be a “green” company. Nonsense. This is just a way to sound cool while trying to save some money. A case that is really different and somewhat complicated to be understood needs to come with a manual. Without the manual you can’t figure out how to add more than two hard disk drives, for example.

Here we want to explain something. We are tired to see companies telling that they won’t provide manuals in order to save the forests. This is an excuse that only fools clueless people. Trees used for paper production are grown just for this purpose, just like tomatoes or beans are grown in farms – i.e., they forget to say that “forests” are private properties, a “tree farm,” and not wild forests as some people would think. Saying that is as much nonsense as saying that you won’t make a Jack-o-Lantern this Halloween because you want to save the pumpkin patch or that you won’t eat popcorn anymore in order to save the corn trees.

The truth is that nobody reads manuals and thus the manufacturer can save lots of money by adding a simple one-sheet quick guide instead of adding a full manual that will be tossed away or saved on the bottom of a closet God-knows-why (so there is one valid reasoning to not include manuals: to reduce the amount of waste produced by households). There is nothing wrong about not adding a manual, but for a strange case like Skeleton it is really necessary to have it.

Nevertheless, the manual is available for free at http://www.antec.com/manuals/.

In order to build your PC using Skeleton, you will need to remove the bottom metallic part from the plastic frame. This is done by unscrewing two thumbscrews (they keep attached to the case even when fully loose, so you won’t lose them) and sliding the metallic part towards you, with the rear part of the case facing you.

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Figure 9: Sliding the bottom part of the case.

You can remove the metallic tray where the motherboard should be attached to. This is done by removing three screws that fasten this tray to the bottom part of the case.

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Figure 10: Motherboard tray.