Quote Originally Posted by dejanh View Post
Just a word of caution guys re: EK full cover block...

I have managed to resolve my problem and it turns out that the board was just fine but it was in fact the EK full cover block for the Classified that was causing the problem. Based on the instructions no spacers are provided or needed around the SB which based on my findings now is incorrect. Not putting spacers around the SB can cause minor flexing of the board when you tighten the screws which can in turn cause contact problems and all sorts of no post scenarios that look like a genuine problem with the board. I found out that tightening the SB screws even 1/10 of a turn too much to cause very small board flexing can cause quite big problems that may or may not exhibit right away. In my scenario, it took over 4 months before my problem showed up but was remedied by simply moving the spacers intended for the NF200 area to the SB screws. In any case, be careful when tightening and generally do try to put spacers around the SB more than the NF200 area or in case of the non-NF200 versions of Classified board the narrow channel between the NB and SB.
oh, not just that, the ommitting the spacers can break the digital mosfets too, i've seen many boards with crushed mosfets and i know what was being done to these boards.