Quote Originally Posted by neveroffline View Post
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).

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I left the slick paper on the backplate mounts, I suppose I could have peeled it but I was going off jcools pics on how-to and it worked So I didn't bother. Besides in retrospect it seemed like there might be a loop problem, so I figured why not leave it on?

That problem you were having sounds like a ground loop through the MB as asus was saying.

I used the supplied metal backplate mounts with the thin rubber pads cut in half, but couldn't tighten them down all the way without seeing a lot of MB bending, I had to "back-off" on my tightness by 4, half turns, there was still light bending and I could slightly turn the heat sink towers by hand when it was too loose, and when it was just right, they didn't turn, they were snug. I used Artic Silver for my thermal compound. (newegg $5 a tube, one tube per processor, then smoothed and excess removed.)

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