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Originally posted by unregistered
if all 3 lugs are engaged the max is 30 lbf
(no idea why JoeC is using 15 lbf ???
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Yes, I also thought that 15lbf seemed rather low.
I've often considered a 1/8" steel plate with some 1/16" rubber gasket material glued onto it as a means of insulating the back of the motherboard for TEC use. I use such an arrangement on my video cards with sunken holes in the metal plate to fit pan-head bolt heads in. Of course the bolts need to be fixed for a motherboard where you can't get behind to hold the screws while tightening the springs down, but that could be achieved through any number of glue methods. The spacing is a little tight but it's doable. Wouldn't stop all of the flex, but would stop most at the mounting pressures considered. Easy enough to do with a drill press and some materials for less than $5.