The blue wire can require a lot of moving around and changing it's length to get the RGH optimized on slim. The solder point in the install guide (FT4R2) is fragile and can be lifted if you move the blue wire around a lot. If you take a bit more time to pop off the CPU heatsink, you can access a larger and more durable copper pad which is also easier to solder.
To pop off the CPU heatsink, flip your motherboard upside down and grab a small screwdriver that fits in between the x clamp and the black pins in each corner of the clamp. Lever the each end of the x clamp outwards, away from the black pin at each corner so that it pops up over the black pin.
Solder your blue wire to the empty copper pad just next to the "1" of the text "C5R11" written on the bottom of the motherboard. This is shown with a purple arrow in the attached pic (photo courtesy of esbmaepo).
Obviously this won't be required when TX bring out their shiny new slim blue wire qsb.
To pop off the CPU heatsink, flip your motherboard upside down and grab a small screwdriver that fits in between the x clamp and the black pins in each corner of the clamp. Lever the each end of the x clamp outwards, away from the black pin at each corner so that it pops up over the black pin.
Solder your blue wire to the empty copper pad just next to the "1" of the text "C5R11" written on the bottom of the motherboard. This is shown with a purple arrow in the attached pic (photo courtesy of esbmaepo).
Obviously this won't be required when TX bring out their shiny new slim blue wire qsb.
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