Quote Originally Posted by ZIO View Post
I used the supplied backplates exactly as jcool indicated with his pics.

Even after coming off on the tension with the supplied backplates to reduce the amount of bending there was still some bending across the rubber pieces, I secured my Heatsink towers with craft wire while the case was on it's side and then stood it up after making sure the towers wouldn't move in the downwards motion, secured by the craft wire.
Did you stick the backplates to the case with the sticky tape backside or did you leave that on? I have mine stuck on and they don't move at all. I don't see how it can be any less sturdy than the original standoffs (which I have, only for a full EATX dual XEON).

I couldn't figure out where the short/grounding was coming from, but it only happened when vertical. Would boot randomly, try to post, 08, 07, then FF on the diagnostic card, then shutoff, and even the slightest tap to the case would do the same over and over again. On it's side it booted just fine. I should get the replacement mb soon, maybe as early as tomorrow, or at the most Monday. I'm hoping it's tomorrow so I can use the weekend, they told me they would overnight it.

Should I place electrical tape on the bottom side of the mb where the largest solder points are, or just over the brass standoffs?

Here is my reply from Asus:

"The problem you are seeing could be caused by what we call a grounding/emi interference problem, start by taking the motherboard out of the case you have it in. Next set the motherboard up on top of the cardboard box it came in, straight to the cardboard(do not use the anti-static plastic, foam, or an antistatic mat as these have been known to keep a board from posting.) if you do not have the box that the board came in then use some newspaper a phonebook or some other non-conductive material. Connect to the board just the bare minimums needed to verify the problem you are having i.e.: cpu(w/heatsink and fan), memory, video card and power supply. Power the system up outside the case if the problem then seems to have resolved itself then all we need to do when mounting the board back into the case is use some added grounding/emi protection, the simplest way to resolve this type of problem is to get you some standard electrical tape and make a cross over the brass or metal stand-offs you are mounting the board into. This will do 2 things, first it will insure that we do not have a metal to metal ground and second it will lift the board up away from the case so that if you had a solder point sitting to close to the case generating an emi field the distance added between the 2 should keep this from happening. If this does not resolve the problem you are having then please contact either our tech support office at 812-282-2787 or our RMA dept. at 510-739-3777 option #2 and we will have the board sent in for repair/replacement."