I/O Shield wont fit.... advice?

[song]

Well the I/O shield wont fit with the motherboard I have. Its the same one that cae with it. It sucks cause it fits fine on everything except the audio ports because the piece of metal is too wide between the middle of the audio ports. It isnt the bendable kind either so i cant just bend it and tear out.... Should I just clip the whole audio section so it can fit?

 

[song]

I realized why.... the seller I bought it from sent me the wrong I/O shield..... Great...

 

[MrWizard6600]

ebay ftw.

http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs...langId=-1&catalogId=10053&productId=100647084.

And I thought a bandsaw was versatile.

 

[MightyDiomed]

Do you really even need the I\O shield on at all?

 

[HardwareGuru]

Hehe..damn that sucks. I'd be pissed. But, I would cut it to make it fit. If it pisses me off enuff, I will throw that I/O shield away and do without it. You don't need the I/O shield it's just a cover to make it look nicer. The Mobo is securely mounted where it will not move anyways.

I realized why.... the seller I bought it from sent me the wrong I/O shield..... Great...

 

[Mithent]

Well, the I/O shield does mean the system hasn't got large holes at the back for dust to enter from and for things to potentially be poked through. It will work without it, but I'd rather have something there.

 

[digital_exhaust]

Do you really even need the I\O shield on at all?

I managed to inadvertently destroy the I/O shield on one of my boxens during a transplant a while back and it's been running just fine since...... of course, as said above, it does allow quite a bit of dust to get in the case, but other than that, no problems...

Just sayin'... that's all