++ ATOT official NEF thread part IV ++

[IndyColtsFan]

I emailed Corsair to see if I can get some more standoffs. If I can't for some reason, I'll just RMA it.

 

[zzuupp]

nef

 

[sdifox]

ni

 

[sdifox]

muahahahaha touchpad and case will be in Toronto tonight. I'll pick them up tomorrow.

 

[sdifox]

It didn't fail.

no it just threw a hissy fit and erased everything :sneaky:

 

[eldorado99]

ned

 

[sdifox]

Ned n'est pas ici!

 

[IndyColtsFan]

They want $16 for me to purchase another standoff/bracket kit......

 

[IndyColtsFan]

No, my mistake, it is free.

 

[eldorado99]

Ned n'est pas ici!

hey, i know french, stop calling me a whore!

 

[sdifox]

narf

 

[zzuupp]

nef

 

[IndyColtsFan]

narfing while setting up brother's Touchpad

 

[sdifox]

ni

 

[Rubycon]

I broke a standoff from the H60. Tightened it too tight and it broke.

Do you have a pic? Unless they changed something there is no standoff - just a backplate with four screws that go through a steel ring. There are spacers between that and the motherboard but no standoffs. They can be tightened with enough torque to compress/squash down the plastic (cheesy IMO) but never have I run across anything broken. Unless (like everything else) they have "cheapened" up more using even worse (Chinese no doubt) screws...

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Do you have a pic? Unless they changed something there is no standoff - just a backplate with four screws that go through a steel ring. There are spacers between that and the motherboard but no standoffs. They can be tightened with enough torque to compress/squash down the plastic (cheesy IMO) but never have I run across anything broken. Unless (like everything else) they have "cheapened" up more using even worse (Chinese no doubt) screws...

See below. They're hexagonal with male screw threads at each end. One end gets screwed into the backplate and the CPU HS/pump pass over the top thread and you use thumbscrews to tighten it down. Spacer might be a better word but their own site calls them standoffs.

 

[Rubycon]

Oh wow that's completely different than the H50/H70 mounting. Not very secure. Of course the block/pump has much less mass/twisting force if the PC happens to get thrown on the floor than say a silver arrow!

I hope there's an insulator (washer) between the bottom of those and the motherboard!

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Oh wow that's completely different than the H50/H70 mounting. Not very secure. Of course the block/pump has much less mass/twisting force if the PC happens to get thrown on the floor than say a silver arrow!

I hope there's an insulator (washer) between the bottom of those and the motherboard!

Yeah that guy in the lower right-hand corner looks like he is sitting on a trace!

It is supposed to be pretty secure, but I wouldn't know since I didn't even get to mount it. Of course, remounting my Xigmatek Red Scorpion has resulted in temps a couple of degrees cooler and that is without the rear exhaust fan I forgot to put back in the case!

 

[eldorado99]

ned

 

[fjmeat]

wat

 

[eldorado99]

ned

 

[alfa147x]

Dish washer detergent should have been delivered today

 

[eldorado99]

ned

 

[Rubycon]

Yeah that guy in the lower right-hand corner looks like he is sitting on a trace!

It is supposed to be pretty secure, but I wouldn't know since I didn't even get to mount it. Of course, remounting my Xigmatek Red Scorpion has resulted in temps a couple of degrees cooler and that is without the rear exhaust fan I forgot to put back in the case!

Those hex shaped mounts are driven directly down on to the motherboard PCB? Wow, that's is insane! This should never be allowed to happen. Always use an insulating material such as a nylon washer - between the motherboard pcb and the nut/bolt/boss, etc. Even on metallic items drawn against and fastened from the opposite site (no turn) are bad. If they are turning while in contact that is a disaster waiting to happen.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Those hex shaped mounts are driven directly down on to the motherboard PCB? Wow, that's is insane! This should never be allowed to happen. Always use an insulating material such as a nylon washer - between the motherboard pcb and the nut/bolt/boss, etc. Even on metallic items drawn against and fastened from the opposite site (no turn) are bad. If they are turning while in contact that is a disaster waiting to happen.

Actually, reading their instructions shows that their backplate (which I am not using) extends a mount through each of the holes to the hex pieces wouldn't touch the board. I don't want to use their backplate so I will have to use some washers or something. I think I have some.