Hi all. I obtained an ASUS P9X79 motherboard already installed in a large ATX tower, along with a CPU, MasterLiquid Lite 120 cooler and RAM.
I purchased a smaller, generic motherboard and transferred the CPU, cooler and RAM onto that board.
I'm not sure what happened but for whatever reason, it looks like I'm missing pieces on the ASUS board now and I'm not sure what to look for.
For example, the metal CPU bracket isn't actually held down in any way. You can just lift it off the board and I'm certain this shouldn't be the case.
I happened to find 3 screws that look important and relevant to this board, but I'm not sure where they go (I'm thinking there should be 4 screws but I'm apparently missing one). I'm not sure why this board has no backplate under the CPU. I'm pretty sure it's supposed to. I'd like to order the pieces necessary to make this motherboard complete as it's a BEAUTIFUL board. I just don't know what pieces I need.
I was hoping someone here well versed in motherboards could spend a few minutes trying to help me sort this out.
I'd just hate to see this board go to waste as it was working 100% perfectly before I transferred everything to a smaller board.
Here are some images that show what I'm referring to:
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I purchased a smaller, generic motherboard and transferred the CPU, cooler and RAM onto that board.
I'm not sure what happened but for whatever reason, it looks like I'm missing pieces on the ASUS board now and I'm not sure what to look for.
For example, the metal CPU bracket isn't actually held down in any way. You can just lift it off the board and I'm certain this shouldn't be the case.
I happened to find 3 screws that look important and relevant to this board, but I'm not sure where they go (I'm thinking there should be 4 screws but I'm apparently missing one). I'm not sure why this board has no backplate under the CPU. I'm pretty sure it's supposed to. I'd like to order the pieces necessary to make this motherboard complete as it's a BEAUTIFUL board. I just don't know what pieces I need.
I was hoping someone here well versed in motherboards could spend a few minutes trying to help me sort this out.
I'd just hate to see this board go to waste as it was working 100% perfectly before I transferred everything to a smaller board.
Here are some images that show what I'm referring to:
Dropbox Link