I/O shields

They can be a bit annoying to deal with, but it's really not a big deal. ASUS' Q-Shield implementation is great though.
 
My Gigabyte motherboard's I/O shield came with both ethernet ports and a lot of the USB ports were blocked by a piece of metal. Why would they block ports? Do I bend them back into the case and slide the motherboard in under them, or do I break them off?
 
Monkeypillow said:
My Gigabyte motherboard's I/O shield came with both ethernet ports and a lot of the USB ports were blocked by a piece of metal. Why would they block ports? Do I bend them back into the case and slide the motherboard in under them, or do I break them off?
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They block some ports because they often use the same shield template for many different boards, some of which lack certain ports. That way, you can break off the pieces of metal blocking the ports that you have while leaving the ones that fill the holes for ports that you don't have.

And you can break them off; you don't need to just bend them out of the way.
 
Bending or breaking has the same effect. Just do whatever you want :)
 
ASUS Q-Shield for the win! That and their Q-connector for the front panel switches/LEDs... Gotta love the ASUS goodies.
 
I had installed the motherboard and then realized that the ethernet port was blocked, so I just bent the metal outwards. I would have probably broken it off if I had thought about it before installation.
 
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