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Ultra120 cooler users, what is the plastic base plat thing for?

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I just realised I chucked this away thinking it was just a cover or something but I saw a pic on a review site with it on and was wondering should this have sat between mobo back and the backplate for the Ultra120 perhaps? :eek::eek:
 
Yeah I'm not getting any problems but I think I made a mistake with the beta bios F10e on my UD3P because POST is slower with this cpu and the windows 7 bootup animated orb thing has a lower framerate - can't downflash to previous BIOS either it seems!

Once Windows hasloaded the logon screen it's all flying like normal though.

Just wondered what the plastic thing was for I guess!
 
mrk said:
Yeah I'm not getting any problems but I think I made a mistake with the beta bios F10e on my UD3P because POST is slower with this cpu and the windows 7 bootup animated orb thing has a lower framerate - can't downflash to previous BIOS either it seems!

Once Windows hasloaded the logon screen it's all flying like normal though.

Just wondered what the plastic thing was for I guess!
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you can downgrade there is a method if you search the net.
 
washer mod? I didn't actually have to do any mods to get it to fit nicely :S
 
I just left mine on the 775 bracket and it went in fine, I think it's, as said above, to protect the mobo.


Saying that, the LGA1366 backplate doesn't have a big plastic bit on, only small ones around the screw holes.
 
Yeah the cross bracket backplate already had foam square around the socket back area so I guess it's already protecting the mobo, I guess the clear plastic insert bit adds an additional level of scratch protection - ah well!
 
chippy08 said:
I think if you ask here http://forums.tweaktown.com/ you will find the answer to downgrading your bios.
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OT but I posted there but solved it myself before anyone replied :p

I used flashspi on a bootable USB stick to get back to F8 BIOS and whoah, so much faster, boot time has decreased by a shed load, POST flies by, it's so fast that my monitor has not even turned itself on and by the time it has the BIOS has just completed the AHCI init phase! GSATA port drives detect after AHCI takes 2-5 seconds tops to detect drives and Windows boot animation is its usual fast motion now. I am booted to a usable desktop in no time at all.

Will avoid F10 bios versions in future and not flash it at all any more unless absolutely needed :p
 
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