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    Heatpipe cooler effective on vertically mounted motheboard?

    I've read that it is ineffective to use a heat-pipe cooler on a vertically mounted motherboard, if the heat-pipe legs are oriented in such a way that water condenses and pools inside them (due to gravity) and never returns to the heatsink base to absorb more heat and evaporate again. However...
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    New Build, Broke Pin in USB 3.0 Header

    I was able to repair a broken USB 3.0 header pin on my brand new ASRock Z87E-itx. When I disassembled the case to investigate why a USB port on the front of my case wasn't working, I noticed that a USB header pin on the motherboard had been crushed and bent by the USB pug. I tried to...