And if it were in the traditional position, you may not even be able to see the POST code at all if you have multiple GPUs, so I suppose that's a plus. why is the POST code on the rear I/O? I mean, I'd rather have this than no post code at all. So I did the best that I could, which wasn't much, and if the board complains then oh well, it still works and I can always try again. I need like industrial grade solvent, or maybe just some gumption, but I have neither and I like to live on the edge. There is no getting these off via any mortal means. substances on this cooler were absolutely rock solid. I gave the southbridge and VRM some Arctic APT2560 0.5mm pads, the northbridge and NF200 chip both got MX-2, and the shunned power stage got 2 small aluminum heatsinks. I think they must have had their GPU team make this in their free time Lot of things make sense and/or are fine, but some stuff is just confusing. But I'm very confused by this design choice. That itself makes it interesting to me, but also it's weird that they went through the trouble of designing a dual heatpipe cooler with black fins, logos all over the place, nickel plating for said heatpipes, but then decided not to cool the fourth power stage? I seriously don't understand this decision, it isn't like newer boards where that would be IGP phase(s) and therefore more understandable. So judging by 1.) the sticker on the front that says " Designed by nVidia Authorized Board Partner," 2.) the fact that this breaks significantly in design from the EVGA 750i, and 3.) what I remember reading, this is a board designed by XFX's team. I just got this today so I haven't had time to play around with it except to make sure it works, but I already know it's gonna be an odd duck.