Recent content by Derelict65

Hello, My system has been running perfectly stable since I made the change to the motherboard's default bracket. Temperature wise I have not had a single issue, but I will say that I have not paid particular attention to the mosfet's, not sure how hot they run. I built a second system with...

I actually thought more on your short idea and I think it may be the cause, the pressure I was applying was likely forcing the Scythe backplate away from the mobo and making the short connection disappear....as opposed to allowing the CPU to make better contact. Wanted to add that in case...

I did just that last night, rebuilt everything from the ground up. I removed the Scythe backplate (wich was a huge pain in the ass) and used the stock backplate along with the Scythe bracket and Scythe screws. I eyed up how high the Sycthe bracket was sitting by measuring against a capacitor...

Hi NeoDark, I have the Scythe metal bracket attached on the bottom side of the mobo, but I am using the sticky foam that came with it in between the bracket and the mobo, so there is no contact between the two. As for temperatures and crashing, I ran Oblivion for roughly 4 hours last...

Hello everyone. I recently built a new PC using an Asus A8R32 MVP Deluxe and an Opteron 165 cooled by a Scythe Ninja Plus. I removed the old AMD heatsink retention system and installed the one included with the Ninja. After building the rest of the system everything ran fine for roughly two...