Been a while since I was on this board, nice to see all the feedbacks.

Sadly ofc I didn't read any of this till I fired (kinda literaly) up my board a few days ago. Took me quite a long time to gather all blocks and hardware, hence I'm still struggling with this block.

First time I tried the board it wouldn't boot, after unplugging the 8pin ATX it would, so immediatly thinking there was a short around that area. I used all the provided padding and washers exactly like discribed on the manual.
Tried to fix it by insulating the things in the red rectangle cause they did have some large connections on the side which could touch the block.

Second try: No boot
Had some serious smell and smoke coming from my northbridge. Cleaned everything up, and insulated the entire block (excluding the thermal padding spaces and the part where the northbridge touches the block).
Block back on the board and ... no boot.

Hoping the short left some marks on the insulating tape I used I removed the block to see absolutely nothing...

Placed the block without any changes back on the board but didn't tighten it down, just used the screws to align it correct.
And what do you know it booted.

I had the feeling my northbridge was being crushed so I added 2* 0.2mm spacers for the 2 holes of the northbridge, still using the other spacers as well. Tightened every down and I still have boot.
The funky smell is clearing a bit but I still haven't had the time to hook my mb up to a waterrig to see if it stays stable for a long time and what temps I have.

Feedback in a few days