Tuniq Tower backplate annoyance

tang0 · 20 Nov 2007 at 14:52

Ive got my new motherboard today, ive managed to tear off the backplate off the old mobo with some force, took me about 20 minutes. I think ive messed the back of the mobo up trying to get it off, got a few scratches on it :/

Anyway, theres now no sticky rubber bit on the backplate so its just bare metal, should i need something inbetween the backplate and the mobo, im just worried that the metal of the backplate would act as a conducter and might short something out ?

Sime · 20 Nov 2007 at 20:33

Ye did the same thing when I upgraded my motherboard. After tearing apart at the backplate, most of the foamy stuff was left on my old mobo like

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I just screwed it in and it seems to be working fine for me...No problems with the bare backplate as of yet...

cuke2u · 20 Nov 2007 at 20:38

Hi, when I did that to a similar backplate I used a piece of thin card held inplace with masking tape to insulate, then used the same tape to hold it to the motherboard until I'd fixed the heatsink to it...

PhillyDee · 20 Nov 2007 at 20:50

Just insulate it. They should never have made it so damn sticky tbh. I used cardboard and gaffa tape.

wombraider · 21 Nov 2007 at 08:20

I feel your pain I have had to remove 2 of these so far

I used a thin bit of card board and some insulating tape to sort it