so i'm a complete fucking idiot and removed the insulating tape from the backplate of my evo. after reading the manual and realizing how dumb i am, i was able to reattach the tape and aligned it so that it was essentially in the same place it would have been otherwise. is this alright? i haven't installed windows yet, but i'm getting post and everything seems alright.
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so i'm a complete fucking idiot and removed the insulating tape from the backplate of my evo. after reading the manual and realizing how dumb i am, i was able to reattach the tape and aligned it so that it was essentially in the same place it would have been otherwise. is this alright? i haven't installed windows yet, but i'm getting post and everything seems alright.
it should be as long as it covers the cpu, i would run temperature checks to double check and apply some thermal paste if they're too high.
it should be as long as it covers the cpu, i would run temperature checks to double check and apply some thermal paste if they're too high.
You mean the 4 little things that are there to attach it to the mobo?
If you reattached those there is no issue if not it might shorten out the mobo.
You mean the 4 little things that are there to attach it to the mobo?
If you reattached those there is no issue if not it might shorten out the mobo.
If you reattached those there is no issue if not it might shorten out the mobo.
yankeeso i'm a complete fucking idiot and removed the insulating tape from the backplate of my evo. after reading the manual and realizing how dumb i am, i was able to reattach the tape and aligned it so that it was essentially in the same place it would have been otherwise. is this alright? i haven't installed windows yet, but i'm getting post and everything seems alright.
If you're referring to the covering on the point where the heatpipes touch the face of the CPU, you're supposed to take that off.
If you're referring to the backplate, if you put it back on, and no metal is touching the mobo, you're good to go :)
[quote=yankee]so i'm a complete fucking idiot and removed the insulating tape from the backplate of my evo. after reading the manual and realizing how dumb i am, i was able to reattach the tape and aligned it so that it was essentially in the same place it would have been otherwise. is this alright? i haven't installed windows yet, but i'm getting post and everything seems alright.[/quote]
If you're referring to the covering on the point where the heatpipes touch the face of the CPU, you're supposed to take that off.
If you're referring to the backplate, if you put it back on, and no metal is touching the mobo, you're good to go :)
If you're referring to the covering on the point where the heatpipes touch the face of the CPU, you're supposed to take that off.
If you're referring to the backplate, if you put it back on, and no metal is touching the mobo, you're good to go :)
yeah, i'm talking about the backplate. even without the stickers there's a layer of a felt-like material between the mobo and metal backplate, but i was able to get that felt covered by the stickers. i double checked after attaching the backplate and the orientation of them seemed like it was perfect, but i was worried that maybe something would still go wrong.
yeah, i'm talking about the backplate. even without the stickers there's a layer of a felt-like material between the mobo and metal backplate, but i was able to get that felt covered by the stickers. i double checked after attaching the backplate and the orientation of them seemed like it was perfect, but i was worried that maybe something would still go wrong.
yankeeyeah, i'm talking about the backplate. even without the stickers there's a layer of a felt-like material between the mobo and metal backplate, but i was able to get that felt covered by the stickers. i double checked after attaching the backplate and the orientation of them seemed like it was perfect, but i was worried that maybe something would still go wrong.
Yeah, if you put the insulating material back on the way it came, you'll be fine. Nothing bad can happen if no metal from the backplate is touching the motherboard.
[quote=yankee]yeah, i'm talking about the backplate. even without the stickers there's a layer of a felt-like material between the mobo and metal backplate, but i was able to get that felt covered by the stickers. i double checked after attaching the backplate and the orientation of them seemed like it was perfect, but i was worried that maybe something would still go wrong.[/quote]
Yeah, if you put the insulating material back on the way it came, you'll be fine. Nothing bad can happen if no metal from the backplate is touching the motherboard.
Yeah, if you put the insulating material back on the way it came, you'll be fine. Nothing bad can happen if no metal from the backplate is touching the motherboard.
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