thender2
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| Can the backplate be removed on this motherboard normally?
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I think I destroyed my last motherboard from gigabte when I tried to take off the backplate. It was a real piece of shit - the backplate was not made to be taken off, so I had to force it off... very bad idea.
If I order from newegg now chances are I won't have it by tomorrow , or even next monday so I want to buy it myself, that is the only store in manhattan I can shop through online it seems.
Instead of telling me to "just buy from newegg", can someone tell me if the stock backplate can be removed from that motherboard without too much trouble?
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Kilroy
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| What are you talking about? Most motherboards come with an insert that pops into an opening in the rear of your case that allows the ports to look finished. There is no backplate on that motherboard from the picture in the link.
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thender2
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Staten Island, NY | I am talking about the backplate that you connect a heatsink to, that every mobo has.
the one on the gigabyte could not be removed without extreme violence which is why I ask. |
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santy
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| If your talking about that black square plastic piece that the heatsink attaches to, you remove the 2 phillups screws and it should just about fall off. If your talking about the flat metal piece on the back side/underside where the plastic retention bracket screws into, I don't think that it is removable.
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CylonRed
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said by thender2  :I am talking about the backplate that you connect a heatsink to, that every mobo has. the one on the gigabyte could not be removed without extreme violence which is why I ask. Which probably means it should not come off and WHY in the world would you want/need to take it off???
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thender2
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| said by CylonRed :said by thender2 :I am talking about the backplate that you connect a heatsink to, that every mobo has. the one on the gigabyte could not be removed without extreme violence which is why I ask. Which probably means it should not come off and WHY in the world would you want/need to take it off??? So I can install a zalman heatsink
the gigabyte mobo had a piece of shit nonstandard backplate I had to remove to use anything but the stock heatsink .
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Sweet Witch
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Undo the screws and sit it on a heating pad for about an hour. Turn it over and use two wooden manicure sticks to gently pry it loose from the glue. Get one stick under the edge a little, use the other to go a bit further, take out the first and use it to go further than the second. Don't force the glue, just put the stick in and listen for the glue to release. Mine took about five minutes.
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I like the part about manicure sticks. |
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Cheese
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On a AMD board, and 939, that back plate is usually not removable, least it wasn't on mine and I have a DFI NF4 SLI board. |
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Cheese
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said by Sweet Witch :Undo the screws and sit it on a heating pad for about an hour. Turn it over and use two wooden manicure sticks to gently pry it loose from the glue. Get one stick under the edge a little, use the other to go a bit further, take out the first and use it to go further than the second. Don't force the glue, just put the stick in and listen for the glue to release. Mine took about five minutes. On that board, there more than like is 2 screws that hold the top plate on, the bottom plate allows those 2 screws to hold the top plate down properly, or allow a 3rd party fan to utilize those 2 screws. If the plate does not come off by itself, it should not be removed. |
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mmickk
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Cheese
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| said by mmickk :I have never done the job on that MB but with my Asus I used my wife's hair dryer. Did not have to get it even hot to the touch and the thing just fell off. Mine is glued on it appears. It it doesn't come off by tugging on it, I don't think they are meaning for it to come off. |
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Jerm
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Just FWIW...
I'm not sure what the correct term is for what you called the "backplate" ... its part of the heatsink mounting bracket, but I don't know if it has a more specific name.
However, just FYI for future reference, because this was linked on the front page, a backplate is:
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Sweet Witch
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Re: Can the backplate be removed on this motherboard normally?
On my Asus A8V, I undid the top screws then did what I posted above. It worked perfectly.
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Cheese
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| said by Sweet Witch :On my Asus A8V, I undid the top screws then did what I posted above. It worked perfectly. Hm, I could be wrong, it didn't seem that way with mine, least I don't remember. |
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I've built a computer using that motherboard before. I fitted a Zalman CNPS7000B-AlCu heatsink on it perfectly. The retention system is just held by those two screws. Just undo them and the retention system should just fall apart with no fuss.
EDIT: For future reference, Zalman lists motherboards they recommend using along with their coolers on their site. That motherboard is listed here: »zalman.co.kr/product/cooler/7000···_eng.htm |
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HFB1217
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Abit boards come without a permanently affixed back plate. |
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decx
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Re: Just FWIW...
said by Jerm :I'm not sure what the correct term is for what you called the "backplate" ... its part of the heatsink mounting bracket, but I don't know if it has a more specific name. However, just FYI for future reference, because this was linked on the front page, a backplate is: Just nitpicking but actually the support HSF plate/bracket on the back of a motherboard is commonly called a backplate. On the other hand the plate in the picture is referred to, by motherboard and case manufacturers, as a "I/O shield". |
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