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Unread 12-28-2003, 11:43 PM   #12
Groth
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Originally posted by Tweekster
The downfall of a reinforcement plate is that it still just spreads the load into the motherboard.
A reinforcing plate (ideally) applies an force to the back of the socket equal and opposite to the waterblock mounting force, eliminating the board flexing that normally generates that counter balancing force.

Your set up does nothing to reduce board flex.
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