Well it looks like I might have damaged my mobo while removing the yellow TIM. Yeah I know I should have done it much sooner, however I just never had the time until now. I decided to use a razor on the NB and even though I felt I was being extremely careful it somehow slipped and caught a small resistor next to the NB. My AS thermal interface remover was not working at all so not sure what the heck this yellow stuff is, lol. Anyway, the surface mount resistor looks to be about 20% destroyed, however 80% of it seems undamaged, so not sure if it will still do its job. Here soon I should have this thing re-built and put together so fingers crossed. If this mobo no longer works due to a partially damaged resistor, should I try a RMA or should I just get a new different board? Say the G1.Sniper or Gurilla? (I want a green/black theme if at all possible) I do not like the idea of a Rampage III Gene (microATX) as my TJ07 tray was specifically cut for the RIIIE, and the full sized G1 boards seem to have the sata, usb and atx-24 in the exact same spots as my RIIIE. Not so on the MicroATX RIIIGene.

I can't remember the last time I damaged a mobo from modding, lol... Oh well