Here it is all done:
EDIT: There is eraser under the neoprene on top of the board, and there is eraser on the back of the board too, just fyi.




Here is the whole album of photos: http://s929.photobucket.com/albums/ad132/xxrabid93/DICE%20benching%20prep/. I am debating on posting the whole thing, possibly as a guide.

you really don't need to worry about mobo mounting screws that much when you are horizontal like that.

AHH my old DFI ready to rip it up one more time.  Best of luck in your first dice runs Rabid!  Just remember, that board is particularly sensitive to gtl changes when you are going for fsb over 550.  

@ Nate: It's not the mobo mounting screws that are too short. Those are fine. It is the mounting screws for the pot that are too short.

@Joey: Well with this chip (pd 915) i won't be coming anywhere near 550fsb. It is 200x14 stock. At 336fsb, it is already at 4700 which is around max for air without just dumping volts into it. I figure if i'm really lucky, i will get 400fsb, and 5600mhz overall.

i hate that when that happens
screws to short.

So Menards didn't have any screws of the type i need long enough. They said to try ACE, so i guess that'll be my next stop...

did alright for a two hour run time..

ACE didn't have the correct screws either. At least they told me that they are M4 though. I guess tomorrow i will pick up some threaded rods from the McMaster Carr warehouse before getting the DICE.

@Jon: Nice. Is the cpu on phase or DICE? 4900mhz vantage is impressive.

thanks rabid!

looks like it's time to improvise with this screw thing.....so you can get some benching in...

and that's on dice.

Yea. The DICE place closes at 4pm CST, so its not happening today. It's lame that it closes so early. I figured out what i am gonna get from McMaster though. 1 M4 1m long threaded rod, and a pack of nylon insert M4 locknuts. I figure i can just cut the long rod into 4 separate pieces, and i know they will all be more than long enough. The locknuts will be used as the bottom end of the rods, under the backplate.