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I have the Asus A8v motherboard..I had a hard time removing the back plate on my motherboard.Mine is really glued on.So I didn't remove the metal back plate that came on the board. In order to install the zalman cooler on.The item they refer to as the nipple which is a stand off backet I just made them shorter in length by 4mm I filed them shorter in a vise they are made from copper so it was fairly easy to do. I figured that if I ever need to RMA the motherboard I would have a better chance of not having any problems due to the original plate removed.All I would need to do is bolt back on the original retaining bracket..
So far it's been a week and No problems. Damn I had to get a board that really has that back plate glued on I tried for about a half hour to get the plate off..With this method I did not have to remove the motherboard again.After I could not get the back plate off I reinstalled the motherboard sucked down a beer(brain food) and figured out another way to do the installation..
Cheers
J
Update Here's a pic of the modified nipple with a space under the nipple to take up the gap on the metal back plate
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v519/jacamo/Picture032.jpg
I have the Asus A8v motherboard..I had a hard time removing the back plate on my motherboard.Mine is really glued on.So I didn't remove the metal back plate that came on the board. In order to install the zalman cooler on.The item they refer to as the nipple which is a stand off backet I just made them shorter in length by 4mm I filed them shorter in a vise they are made from copper so it was fairly easy to do. I figured that if I ever need to RMA the motherboard I would have a better chance of not having any problems due to the original plate removed.All I would need to do is bolt back on the original retaining bracket..
So far it's been a week and No problems. Damn I had to get a board that really has that back plate glued on I tried for about a half hour to get the plate off..With this method I did not have to remove the motherboard again.After I could not get the back plate off I reinstalled the motherboard sucked down a beer(brain food) and figured out another way to do the installation..
Cheers
J
Update Here's a pic of the modified nipple with a space under the nipple to take up the gap on the metal back plate
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v519/jacamo/Picture032.jpg