Cooling Clearance issue with AIO cooler backplate

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  1. phinix

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    Guys, did you ever have problem with AIO coolerbackplate on mITX motherboards?
    My Silverstone TD03 Tundra have huge backplate and interfere with motherboard components in the back:(

    Its hard to explain without showing photos of this, but cooler backplate touches some electronic components on the back of the mobo. I tried to turn it 90 degree and install that way, but it still touches some of the bits.
    This is second mobo I found this problem with this same cooler.

    Did anyone have issues like that?
     
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    Can you use some plastic washers to act as stand-offs? Or even a small pad of neoprene/foam?
     
  3. phinix

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    I think I'm gonna have to. Backplate is so wide with all the holes etc that it presses against mobo bits.

    here is photo I found of that plate, you can see who wide it is.
    On ITX mobos it HAS to interfere with something...

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    Surely that's supposed to have a rubber part the same shape?
     
  5. modd1uk

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    Nope, i've had a few coolers like this that I've sent back as I didn't want to risk shorting something out.. :(
     
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    Nope, nothing there.
    There are plastic bits between metal plate and mobo, but those are pressing against some mobo elements, so this is worrying me..

    I haven't started this up yet, but thinking of putting some gromets or something like that....
     

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