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    Question Damaged cpu cooler screwhole / screws

    Thanks a lot Mr. Evil, that helps. I contacted Gigabyte but I wouldn't hold my hopes too high. Perhaps there will be a way like the one you described - securing the ... threaded inserts... to the backplate. I'm in Shanghai. Everything is possible here. 🙄
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    Question Damaged cpu cooler screwhole / screws

    I recently shipped my own pc internationally, and it came with the cpu cooler unscrewed, as per this not-too-clear picture. The motherboard is a Gigabyte X399 Designare. Upon closer inspection, it seems that the screws... or screw "sockets", I don't know how to call them, through which the cpu...
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    Spoof hardware

    Right, let's rephrase: can I prevent users from peeking at the hardware in their boxes through programs such as HWInfo, AIda64, and even the Windows Device Manager? Executive Summary: I don't want users to get detailed information about the hardware in their PCs.
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    Spoof hardware

    Not sure this is the right forum to ask, but - is there a way to prevent programs such as Aida64, HWInfo ant the likes - from having access to hardware information? (Windows Device Manager included) Thanks