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    Zed's Dead, Baby

    Just thought I?d post an ending to the story in case someone has a similar problem and stumbles across this thread while searching the AT forums. Found the backplate for the motherboard at Newegg, for like $3. Arrived in the mail yesterday, I stuck it on the back of the new motherboard...
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    Zed's Dead, Baby

    Update: I couldn't figure out how to remove the backing plate, so I sent the whole shebang back to MSI. Flash forward several weeks later, and the kind folks at MSI sent me a replacement motherboard. However, the replacement came WITHOUT the backing plate for the AMD 64 CPU. Anyone know...
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    Zed's Dead, Baby

    OK, got an RMA # from MSI, so I will be mailing off the motherboard tomorrow. Before I stick it in the mail, though, should I remove the backplate from the motherboard, or would any replacement that is sent to me have a backplate attached to it? Thanks, bob
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    Zed's Dead, Baby

    Thanks to all who have offered advice so far. The computer shut off abruptly while I was using it, which would me make think it's not a problem with the on/off switch, but either the CPU or mobo. I guess I can borrow an old PC from a buddy and try my mobo in that case to see if it switches...
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    Zed's Dead, Baby

    Long-time lurker here at Anandtech, first time poster. Thanks in advance for your help. My rig: MSI K8T NEO-FIS2R VIA K8T800 AMD 64 3000+ Antec 430 W ?truepower? PSU 1 GB Kingston DDR400 RAM EVGA GeForce 6800 GT Lite-on CDRW Maxtor 80 GB hard drive Samsung Floppy Win XP Home I...