Hi Wayne, On Monday 22 May 2006 17:07, Wayne Johnson Scribbled: > At 11:01 AM 5/22/2006, Kylde typed: > >Just seen the strangest thing .... my neighbour's PC has had the > >motherboard installed with the packaging foam still left on the > >underside of the motherboard! You know the mobo-sized slab of > >anti-static foam that lines the bottom of the motherboard > > packing-case? I've NEVER seen this before, is this just a sloppy or > > is there a rationale to this? The PC runs fine, or seems to, he has > > a power supply issue at the moment, but the PC has worked OK for 8 > > months or so with this foam installed ...
See my post to Kylde. > Asus tech supt actually told me to do this when I was having problems > with that POS A7V333 & it made no difference whatsoever. I've seen > where other shops had done this before but personally I had never > done it until the A7V333. Asus acted like it was suppose to be as > good as world peace or something but I still had to RMA the darned > thing. When I got the board back I put the foam back in but it's the > only machine that I have that way & the only machine that I've ever > built that way. I hear that some sound deadening advocates do this as > well. I would think that the mombo would run cooler without it but > I've not seen a machine adversely affected one way or another either. > > ----------+---------- > Wayne D. Johnson > Ashland, OH, USA 44805 > <http://www.wavijo.com> Wait till you get corrosion on the mainboard caused by condensation between the foam and it ! FWIW I have just returned a case of twenty mainboards for just this problem ! In this instance I would guess that the boards have not been dried properly prior to placing them into metallised anti static bags. The disty is not a happy chappy, since he has to sort the problem with the manufacturer!!! This is the sort of stuff that ends up being sold at computer fairs, car boot markets and so forth ! Did I mention quality control problems ! ;-) -- Best Regards: Derrick. Pontefract Linux Users Group. plug at play-net.co.uk -- ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is your picture included in the Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page? http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html If not, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
