Is it ok if a piece of metal is touching the plastic top of a chip?

[Brian McKee]

I'm in a situation where my heatsink backplate is touching a big chip on the back of the motherboard when everything is tightened down, is this a big issue or do I need to electrically insulate?

[SCHISCHKA]

should be ok but photo please. 

[Brian McKee]

2 minutes ago, SCHISCHKA said:

should be ok but photo please. 

 

 

Photo from my other thread, only a tiny piece is touching it.

[SCHISCHKA]

i do not know what that chip is but i think it should be ok. there does not appear to be any pressure on it or metal contact or RF capacitance issues.

[another random person]

8 minutes ago, Brian McKee said:

 

 

Photo from my other thread, only a tiny piece is touching it.

If you want to be overkill safe, maybe place a thin, non conductive material there, but looking at that, it's nothing to worry about. 

[Sintezza]

You could also just cut a slight angle out of that backplate.

BUt that would void warrenty ofc.

[SCHISCHKA]

5 minutes ago, another random person said:

If you want to be overkill safe, maybe place a thin, non conductive material there, but looking at that, it's nothing to worry about. 

I'm looking at the blurry shadow and i think a piece of paper might be able to slide in there. in any case i think its fine to leave it as is. the backplate is just structural and as long as its doing its job holding shit up it should be sweet as.

 

 

[SCHISCHKA]

what cpu socket is that backplate for? got some back plate porn going on here on this thread

[Brian McKee]

44 minutes ago, SCHISCHKA said:

what cpu socket is that backplate for? got some back plate porn going on here on this thread

it fits LGA 775, 1366, 115x and 2011.