Hello MINI family members.
It is really exciting to build a new PC, and sometimes in our excitement we rush and make mistakes.
The NFC SILIFLEX Riser needs to be installed correctly. If it is not, it will cause a no-boot at best, or, at worst, melt your motherboard. At the very worst it will also kill your GPU.
I've just had my sixth customer with a melted motherboard because in their excitement to get everything together, they didn't follow instructions and incorrectly installed the riser. I have posted instructions on my website, in YouTube videos, made posts about it in the megathreads, but I think a sticky is in order.
The common mistake these customers had, was reading the instructions on the RIBBON, but failing to read the instructions on the KEY. In all of the cases with hardware damage the KEY was plugged in upside-down.
I am sorry it took me so long to make this post--I felt that the instructions were obvious and I didn't want to embarrass anyone by making a post right after troubleshooting, but if I can prevent this from happening from one more person with a simple post, then it is worth it.
Peace to you all and happy building!
It is really exciting to build a new PC, and sometimes in our excitement we rush and make mistakes.
The NFC SILIFLEX Riser needs to be installed correctly. If it is not, it will cause a no-boot at best, or, at worst, melt your motherboard. At the very worst it will also kill your GPU.
I've just had my sixth customer with a melted motherboard because in their excitement to get everything together, they didn't follow instructions and incorrectly installed the riser. I have posted instructions on my website, in YouTube videos, made posts about it in the megathreads, but I think a sticky is in order.
- The riser has two pieces, the KEY and the RIBBON.
- The KEY and the RIBBON both need to be installed correctly. Plugging them in upside down can cause catastrophic failure.
- The KEY and the RIBBON both have the instructions on how to install them correctly printed on them.
- The KEY and the RIBBON both have arrows printed on them showing which orientation they need to be installed.
The common mistake these customers had, was reading the instructions on the RIBBON, but failing to read the instructions on the KEY. In all of the cases with hardware damage the KEY was plugged in upside-down.
I am sorry it took me so long to make this post--I felt that the instructions were obvious and I didn't want to embarrass anyone by making a post right after troubleshooting, but if I can prevent this from happening from one more person with a simple post, then it is worth it.
Peace to you all and happy building!
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