PC Peripherals Mobo bended..!!!
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Motherboard do tend to bend, specially A64 and S478 mobos. This is due to the clip design.
thats why you will see many new motherboards coming out with a metal reinforment plate below the motherboard.
It shouldnt worry much if mobo is working properly. In US you can buy those additional reinforcement plates for mobos which dosent come with one. I dont know the status in India.
It depends on the motherboard, manufacturer, quality of PCB vinyl and also on the HSF.
My old gigabyte AD77pro devloped nice bend with Swiftech HSF. Still working fine with the guy i sold it after 4 years.
thats why you will see many new motherboards coming out with a metal reinforment plate below the motherboard.
It shouldnt worry much if mobo is working properly. In US you can buy those additional reinforcement plates for mobos which dosent come with one. I dont know the status in India.
It depends on the motherboard, manufacturer, quality of PCB vinyl and also on the HSF.
My old gigabyte AD77pro devloped nice bend with Swiftech HSF. Still working fine with the guy i sold it after 4 years.
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funkymonkey said:
yup u r right buddy...........even my last p3 had a bit bend....& i sold it after 6 yrs of constant use...still working fine with other person.... :clap:
**mobos have upto some extent, a limit...upto wht it can withstand the bend....but after that, CRACKS do develop & damges may be severe further..
*** when using third-party HSFs, there r chances of bending the board....coz due to size 'n especially the Weight of the HSF......so do install it very carefully....a slight bend no probs...but another biggger bend ...& then a CRACKLING sound..... :ashamed: :huh: :O :no:
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also verify with the mobos manufacturers [on their sites] whether their boards do bend or not....as how Intel has said on their site.undertaker
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Its 'bent' not 'bended'.Anyway agree with sunny and DJ,a mobo installed properly should never bend,unless u r installing a 1kg Thermalright on it(even then it should not bend if u r skillful),and no way should it bend using stock hs.
Get the mobo replaced and that 'engineer' too. :rofl:
PS:Went through that Intel website,if they say so then u probably should not worry too much.
However any 'visible' bend will lead to stress on the pcb and may eventually cause inter-layer shortcircuit or 'cut' as DJ pointed out.
As far these hs related problems go ASUS(and I guess Abit,DFI ?) mobos are best in this regard as these cos assume that their users are EDITED and will probably put a huge hs on that processor.
hyeah:
BAD LANG WARN
Get the mobo replaced and that 'engineer' too. :rofl:
PS:Went through that Intel website,if they say so then u probably should not worry too much.
However any 'visible' bend will lead to stress on the pcb and may eventually cause inter-layer shortcircuit or 'cut' as DJ pointed out.
As far these hs related problems go ASUS(and I guess Abit,DFI ?) mobos are best in this regard as these cos assume that their users are EDITED and will probably put a huge hs on that processor.
hyeah:BAD LANG WARN
undertaker said:
Me using a 1kg HSF and my mobo is not bent.
Perhaps the mobo is not properly supported/mounted on to the back plate (of the cabinet). thats the only reason i can think of. Do check if u have fastened the mobo to the cabinet at the hole nearest to the heat sink (on the top row) with a screw.
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