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I'm sorry for you, but if you had done a bit more research, you'd seen that problem before you bought everything.
Now, to your last question: I highly doubt the PW-200M works, since it would go inside to the mobo, right above the small headsing with the asus branding.. are you sure that pico wouldn't get in touch with that headsing? Is there enough vertical space?
Since an ATX extension cable should be quite cheap, that's what I'd try, but even so.. it's gona be a very tight fit and, if the heatpipes are too close to the ATX extension cable, I'd be a bit worried about what happens in the long term.
All in all, I'd say your best option is to exchange the mobo or the case, I'd guess that would be the least problematic and safe way.
Anyway, good luck!
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I've ordered 4 more from conrads which should be here this week,let u know how I get on the the build.
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Hey there!
My HTPC is assembled now. The only real issue I had was, that with this motherboard the pipes were on one side too long and on the other side too short... I had to bend them a little bit, doesn't look nice, but it works and the temperature in idle is around 40-48°. So if you can avoid the A75 Pro4-M, use another one ;-)
I'm now having some issues with the movie playback. It works, but sometimes there are some strange stripes, especially in "fast" scenes, like car races, people running and so on. Additionally I think movies are not playing smooth (on my Boxee Box they play absolutely fine). On xbmcbuntu it's rellay terrible, on openelec & win7 it's better but not fine at all. I don't know what it is atm... I'm going to test my setup on a friends tv, maybe it's better there...
I'll keep you posted, but this will take some time to solve I guess...