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Old 05-17-2008, 02:24 AM   #95 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by ameharhughes View Post
there was no mention of the back plates on the LGA775 intel socket.

My first upgrade from skt478 to skt775 was un aware of this and screwed in mobo then had to unscrew it
I'm not sure what motherboard/heatsink you were using, but I have never needed to mess with the backplate on any LGA775-based system using the stock cooler, most aftermarkets use a similar design where they are simply pushed down into the holes. However the cooler I have now needs a special backplate, and the cooler actually screws into it.
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