Ok, so I wanted some more performance out of my A7N8X Deluxe v1.04, so I decided to upgrade the NB cooler to a swiftech 159..
so, in the process of removing the stock HS, I managed to indent part of the PCB around the NB (the PCB on the northbridge itself, just around the heatspreader) (frickin' TIM was like concrete on that mug).. looking closely at it, I can see traces EVERYWHERE on the PCB, and I'm sure theres no way that the ding wouldn't be on top of one.
It's not a gash, and it's not really big, but it's definately noticeable.. so my question is, how deep are the traces on the pcb? are they really as close to the surface as they look? and if that's the case do you think my NB is going to have problems?
I only had a enough time to boot up, and see what happened.. It seemed to be ok, but I'm definately going to stress test it by running everything I can think of at it for awhile..
Would you trust it, after running numerous stress tests? do you think they'd expose some kind of issue caused by potentially hurting a trace?
so, in the process of removing the stock HS, I managed to indent part of the PCB around the NB (the PCB on the northbridge itself, just around the heatspreader) (frickin' TIM was like concrete on that mug).. looking closely at it, I can see traces EVERYWHERE on the PCB, and I'm sure theres no way that the ding wouldn't be on top of one.
It's not a gash, and it's not really big, but it's definately noticeable.. so my question is, how deep are the traces on the pcb? are they really as close to the surface as they look? and if that's the case do you think my NB is going to have problems?
I only had a enough time to boot up, and see what happened.. It seemed to be ok, but I'm definately going to stress test it by running everything I can think of at it for awhile..
Would you trust it, after running numerous stress tests? do you think they'd expose some kind of issue caused by potentially hurting a trace?