Quote Originally Posted by xpower View Post
sometime it happens even you 200% carefull. i damaged my gcard mounting screws as i was putting back the heat sink
Yeah, I have damaged a cpu back in the 90's modding, and then here a few years ago I somehow killed a 4870x2 while installing the EK water block (however Asus replaced it with a 5870 so I was not too upset, lol). My new angled fittings did not work on my ek gpu block, so now I have to wait for some extenders. In the mean time I am tired of waiting to see if this mobo still works or not. I wonder if I could power it on (DRY) for enough seconds just to see if I at least get the BIOS screen, and then shut it down quick? This will help me to determine if I should try to start the RMA process. Maybe I better not push my luck, lol...