Same problem
Yes, you ->Should.
It looks like it is just a matter of making sure the cables are correctly connected, and the motherboard is mounted correctly.
(If there are fiber washers on the standoffs, Make Sure, you use them again! Rule of thumb is that if the motherboard mounting hole has a metal ring around it, no fiber washer is used. Bare motherboard mounting hole? Fiber washer)
However if this is a type of warranty work, the technician is fully responsible, should the installed motherboard be bad, or a mistake made when installing.
Every component installed on the motherboard, and to include the motherboard itself, is susceptible to static shock. Static electricity will fry out that delicate computer hardware, in a New York minute! You won't see it or feel it. Your body always carries static.
The processor is the main susceptible hardware component to static. NO mistakes can be made here!
Plus the top of the processor case, and the bottom of the heatsink, must be cleaned, (And done right), of thermal paste, and new thermal paste applied.
(If a thermal pad is used instead, they will probably apply a new one, but thermal pads are JUNK! Thermal paste should be used instead)
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to build a computer, or replace a motherboard. It does take certain criteria to follow, though.
Again, if this motherboard replacement is from the computer manufacturer, they will deem using a computer technician. (To back any future warranty, to solve any problems on the spot with the hardware, and to have a licensed person to drop the responsibility on)
8/19/2009 10:35:32 PM •
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on Aug 19, 2009
