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danlightbulb

danlightbulb

danlightbulb

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Hi all,

Started building my new pc. Gonna use this thread for questions.

First one.

The CPU cooler backplate installation was quite fiddly, but Ive got it installed. There are four thumbscrews that hold the back plate in place along with 2 mounting bars at the front. How tight? Thumb tight or do I use a screwdriver to tighten them up more? I did it diagonally.

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There was a square foam thing that went inbetween the backplate and the back of the motherboard, and there were four rubber 'feet' that went on the backplate lugs.

There were four threaded pins that went through the holes in the motherboard to the front and then a plastic spacer went on each of these pins, then the metal brackets and finally a thumbscrew on each corner.

Lol. I think I've done it right. The instructions were not massively clear.
 
Oh ****. There is a tiny little note attached to one of the diagrams saying the insulation washer is for LGA775. Its not at all clear as the section has all the socket types on it and the diagram shows the foam washer installed. The text doesn't say its only for 775 either.

I guess I need to dismantle it to remove it now. I can't leave it can I?
 
It sits much better now, not as fiddly to get the screws on so it must have been in the way.

If you take a look at my 1st pic above, those 2 metal mounting plates - the hole where the cooler strap mounts is directly over a couple of circuit board components. Do I need to orient those metal brackets inwards rather than outwards to avoid the screw being above the circuit board components?
 
I thought it might, but not to worry it doesn't.

Here is finished product. 1 pea sized amount of thermal paste not forgotten lol.

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Think I'm done for tonight now, don't want to rush it.
 
Ram is in and fan is on. Fan right way around?

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Question - what is this for? It came with the motherboard but manual doesn't seem to mention it.

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And one more question.

The case (phantex p400) has the standoffs pre-installed. There are 9 in total, 3 top, 3 middle, 3 bottom. However the motherboard only appears to have 7 holes - 2 top, 3 middle and 2 bottom. It also seems that the middle row of 3 holes doesn't match the spacing of the 3 standoffs in the case.

Any clues on what to do here appreciated.
 
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Thanks. Yes only 6 standoffs used. The board isnt wide enough to use the final 3rd set of standoffs. There is no standoff position in the case to use that 3rd hole on the motherboard near the red ram slot. Bit strange as board is atx i expected to use all 9 standoffs.

Think I'm done apart from a few cable ties:

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Not switched it on yet as got to go to work.
 
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64 bit win 10.

so far ive installed the:

intel INF installation
bigfoot lan driver
realtek hd audio driver


and the intel management engine interface was the one that failed first time.
 
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Windows practically installed itself once the USB stick started up.

Then I started at the top of the list so did the audio first. Guess its too late now. Do I need management engine?
 
I'll leave it for now.

I have installed CPU-Z and core tempt to check the CPU is working properly.

It is reporting a 800MHz clock speed at idle. Is this correct? 24 degrees temperature being reported.
 
Great.

I must say that this has all been so simple. It used to take hours to install windows xp 10 years ago. I had planned that this would take me all night. And the boot up speed is amazing. Its on the motherboard boot up screen longer than it takes to start windows.
 
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