Recent content by EricM

Well, I tried shorting out the pins, and it still didn't work. Packed up the board last night and I am sending it back to Newegg. It's really annoying having everything on the board work perfectly except for front panel power, but what can you do?

I've recently installed a 680i, and initally thought it was DOA until I noticed the onboard power/reset buttons. Pressing these allowed me to turn on the computer, and everything was fine. I cannot, however, turn the computer on using the power button on the computer. As far as I know it is...

Wow, so it does come off pretty easily. I don't know why I was having trouble with it before. Is there a big performance difference between the thermal grease that came with the heatsink and better quality store bought stuff? That's the best way to go about applying the grease?

I'm in the process of my first computer build, and I've run into a small problem with my 7700 and my mobo. The metal backplate will not easily come off, I don't want to take a blow dryer to it like I've seen suggested on other sites as I really don't want to void my warrenty. Is there a way I...