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I see. So that’s the difference, understood I’ll do that. The North case comes with one stand off per the manual and the contents of the box. I figured this was an extra stand off for a different kind of motherboard. Perhaps I’ve fried the board after all. I’ll try it outside.

is there a functional difference between testing out each component inside the case and doing it outside of the case? I’m paranoid about scratching the bottom of the mobo when i take it in and out. Is that a real concern?

They all lined up and the center “control” standoff for lack of a better term fit into the motherboard cutout for it perfectly.

I guess I’ll try to return the mobo then? This is helpful thank you. Any chance I fried the mobo with the cpu /plastic mistaken? Or ESD? I didn’t wear a strap but I always grounded myself on the case.

So, the Fractal North has the stand offs pre installed. If I was supposed to add to those stand offs then I made a second huge mistake.

First of all, thanks to everyone for continuing to respond. First, this exact configuration had previously worked without issue. I built this PC in 2020 and it worked fine after some debugging. Then I didn’t use the PC for years due to reasons and it remained in the corner of my living room...

Thanks for everyone’s responses. I successfully cleaned the cpu and the cooling/base plate, I reset the cpu. Still doesn’t post. I’ve gone through every “won’t post” step except for flashing the bios. Really don’t want to do that. I guess I’ll make a separate post for that issue. But...

I see. I thought one pins are bent it’s all over no fixing it. Thanks for clarifying. But possible to clean paste from the pins?

Thanks to everyone for the advice it worked, but now there is a tiny “ strand” of thermal paste on the pins. Possible to clean?

Thank you for all of the answers. If the pins are not straight, will installing the cpu damage anything more than the already damaged cpu?

Yep, should have started off with that sorry.

I cannot believe I made this mistake. I installed my Ryzen 3900x cpu, then installed, the plate of my ml360 AIO on the cpu without removing the plastic, something that every beginner guide says to check for. I’ve tried turning this PC on a dozen or more times and it didn’t post. I finally...

Thanks, much appreciated. I was really hoping that without OCing and with the set up I had I could get just below average temps rather than just above average. I guess that was overly optimistic.

That's pretty damn cool I didnt know the radiator weight could be supported by the fans. I think the gpu gets in the way but all the more reason to buy a new case. In this set up do I care about the whole static pressure debate that I've sort of read about?

Wait, right now my config is back to front xyz where z is front case cover, y is radiator, x is intake/pull fans. There's no space in my case to put fans between y the radiator and z the case cover i.e. on the front of the radiator. Are you saying have fans on either side of the radiator...