MSI K8N Diamond - SLI-switchcard plastic piece broken

Hi.
I have MSI K8N Diamond that has SLI-switchcard. It is being held down with that nasty plastic piece. Now I can't make the plastic piece hold any longer. As soon as I let my finger off switchcard, that plastic piece pops out. Is there any better solution to hold down the card?

Quote from: dondon on 13-May-05, 04:47:01
Running it right now with no switch card and/or bridge... same result... apci post report doesnt report the second card?
I know the card is good as I have switched it to pcie1... does this mean the 2nd x16 slot is bad?
Help!
-don
Contacted Technical support they report the 2nd pcie slot is bad, this dang thing isnt two weeks old :!
-----Original Message-----
From: Dons Desk
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 6:25 PM
To: '[email protected]'
Subject: RE: 3 -- Customer Problem Description Form
Well..
I have the sli bridge on the board in sli mode... and only a card in pcie slot two...
I get what seems to be 1 long and 3 short beeps... no video..
Does this indicate pcie slot 2 bad, if so what do I do to return this board... its less than a two weeks old.
-don
-----Original Message-----
From: MSI Technical Support Team USA
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 6:16 PM
To: 'Dons Desk'
Subject: RE: 3 -- Customer Problem Description Form
Dear Customer,
Please have the SLI Bridge set for SLI Mode enable and retest with only the 1 video card into slot #2.
If this works then it indicate the PCI-E slot is fine and the SLI Bridges are the cause.
If it did not work at all then the PCI-E slot #2 has problem which the mb needs to be serviced:
http://www.msicomputer.com/support/CustomerS.asp
Sincerely,
Technical Support Division
MSI Computer Corp.
http://www.msicomputer.com

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Quote from: nanohead on 15-February-06, 01:17:10
Which brings us to the BIOS. IMHO, the worst one I've seen on a high end board. ZERO explanation for half the settings (this is not strange in and of itself, BIOS is still a black art, but in a tweakers board, we should have some basic explanation )
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first of all, i do think that all the settings in the BIOS have an explanation in the manual, even if it's a basic one. if that explanation doesn't tell you everything in detail, is because if you do need a detailed explanation of the settings, you probably shouldn't be messing around with those settings.
Quote from: nanohead on 15-February-06, 01:17:10
I did upgrade to the 1.16 BIOS, and found that some new things were added, as well as voltage control in Cell was a little better, but registration of changes in voltage is still a disaster. I adjusted a bunch of times, it didn't register, and I ended up smoking a new A64 3700+ Diego with 1.95 volts, even though the BIOS claimed it was 1.53. I had to rebot to see what was going on. The Thermalright XP-90 kept the proc from melting down through the earth.
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Quote from: nanohead on 15-February-06, 01:17:10
I've been able to get the CPU up to 2.4Ghz, with a .5 volt bump to the CPU and 2.9 volts into the Geil memory. So far, so stable, no smoke coming out yet
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