Quote Originally Posted by Diverge View Post
Do you have a DVM (meter)? If so, try to find what the block is shorting too. Set it to continuity mode, and put one probe on the block, and check out ground and +12V. those would be the first ones I'd check as thats what the 8-pin cpu power plug is (yellow = +12V, black = ground)... and that is used by the cpu regulator circuit (which your block is cooling).

you don't need to be powered on to find the short. so a meter should be a safe way to find the short without damaging your board again.
Thanks for the suggestion after reading it I went "duh, how didn't I think on that"

Quote Originally Posted by tiborrr View Post
As Diverge suggested measure where the block is possibly shorting out . I will try to get a board on monday, install the EK-R3Gene block and test it out. No promises though, I have to see if the board is in stock somewhere in the vicinity.

Best Regards,
N.
That's really kind of you

I'll take the fluke out to play tomorrow, now I have a 7 year old walking around the house singing "bored, bored, bored, bored..." if we don't go out in the next 15 mins I'm gonna turn murderous