Graphics card won't sit snugly!

I've been building a system, but the graphics card (Geforce fx5900) won't
sit snugly in the agp slot because the metal strip (where the monitor plugs
in) is too long and hits the bottom of the ATX case causing the card to
barely make full contact with the agp slot and it's been giving me numerous
Windows crashes and nightmares when trying to start the computer (the system
starts to power up, nothing appears on the monitor and then the system
powers down for no reason) and it can take an hour of constant trying for
the system to power up correctly.

The Epox motherboard is correctly sitting in the case screwed down at the
correct height for everything else to be visible through the case and all
the other cards etc... sit perfectly.

Has anyone else had this issue or know how to correct it?

Cheers.

John

"John" wrote:
> I've been building a system, but the graphics card (Geforce fx5900) won't
> sit snugly in the agp slot because the metal strip (where the monitor plugs
> in) is too long and hits the bottom of the ATX case causing the card to
> barely make full contact with the agp slot and it's been giving me numerous
> Windows crashes and nightmares when trying to start the computer (the system
> starts to power up, nothing appears on the monitor and then the system
> powers down for no reason) and it can take an hour of constant trying for
> the system to power up correctly.
>
> The Epox motherboard is correctly sitting in the case screwed down at the
> correct height for everything else to be visible through the case and all
> the other cards etc... sit perfectly.
>
> Has anyone else had this issue or know how to correct it?

Unscrew the metal endpiece from the card and grind it down a smidge.

Jon

"John" <aaa@aaa.com> wrote in message
news:doqdnU5isc7B0pXcRVn-hQ@giganews.com...
> I've been building a system, but the graphics card (Geforce fx5900) won't
> sit snugly in the agp slot because the metal strip (where the monitor
plugs
> in) is too long and hits the bottom of the ATX case causing the card to
> barely make full contact with the agp slot and it's been giving me
numerous
> Windows crashes and nightmares when trying to start the computer (the
system
> starts to power up, nothing appears on the monitor and then the system
> powers down for no reason) and it can take an hour of constant trying for
> the system to power up correctly.

No slot in the bottom of the case for the end of the card plate to slip
into?

....and anyone who powers on a PC with a half inserted card deserves what
they get.

"Jon Danniken" <jonREMOVETHISdanniken@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:2mr2adFq0fo8U1@uni-berlin.de...
> "John" wrote:
> > I've been building a system, but the graphics card (Geforce fx5900)
won't
> > sit snugly in the agp slot because the metal strip (where the monitor
plugs
> > in) is too long and hits the bottom of the ATX case causing the card to
> > barely make full contact with the agp slot and it's been giving me
numerous
> > Windows crashes and nightmares when trying to start the computer (the
system
> > starts to power up, nothing appears on the monitor and then the system
> > powers down for no reason) and it can take an hour of constant trying
for
> > the system to power up correctly.
> >
> > The Epox motherboard is correctly sitting in the case screwed down at
the
> > correct height for everything else to be visible through the case and
all
> > the other cards etc... sit perfectly.
> >
> > Has anyone else had this issue or know how to correct it?
>
> Unscrew the metal endpiece from the card and grind it down a smidge.
>
> Jon

Wouldn't it affect the resistance, voltage or whatever of the card by
tampering with the length of this metal bit?

John wrote:

> "Jon Danniken" <jonREMOVETHISdanniken@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:2mr2adFq0fo8U1@uni-berlin.de...
>
>>"John" wrote:
>>
>>>I've been building a system, but the graphics card (Geforce fx5900)
>
> won't
>
>>>sit snugly in the agp slot because the metal strip (where the monitor
>
> plugs
>
>>>in) is too long and hits the bottom of the ATX case causing the card to
>>>barely make full contact with the agp slot and it's been giving me
>
> numerous
>
>>>Windows crashes and nightmares when trying to start the computer (the
>
> system
>
>>>starts to power up, nothing appears on the monitor and then the system
>>>powers down for no reason) and it can take an hour of constant trying
>
> for
>
>>>the system to power up correctly.
>>>
>>>The Epox motherboard is correctly sitting in the case screwed down at
>
> the
>
>>>correct height for everything else to be visible through the case and
>
> all
>
>>>the other cards etc... sit perfectly.
>>>
>>>Has anyone else had this issue or know how to correct it?
>>
>>Unscrew the metal endpiece from the card and grind it down a smidge.
>>
>>Jon
>
>
> Wouldn't it affect the resistance, voltage or whatever of the card by
> tampering with the length of this metal bit?

No. It's nothing but a mounting plate.

But it sounds to me like you're not getting it in the right location as
there should be a 'slot' in the case bottom for the end of it to go into
(which holds it from being pushed backwards into the case when you plug the
monitor cable in, etc)

The plate is only a mount for the socket, serves no
active electrical function. Shorten it.

"John" <aaa@aaa.com> wrote in message
news:GKqdnSZ0UaBJxZXcRVn-jQ@giganews.com...
>
> "Jon Danniken" <jonREMOVETHISdanniken@yahoo.com> wrote in
message
> news:2mr2adFq0fo8U1@uni-berlin.de...
> > "John" wrote:
> > > I've been building a system, but the graphics card (Geforce
fx5900)
> won't
> > > sit snugly in the agp slot because the metal strip (where
the monitor
> plugs
> > > in) is too long and hits the bottom of the ATX case causing
the card to
> > > barely make full contact with the agp slot and it's been
giving me
> numerous
> > > Windows crashes and nightmares when trying to start the
computer (the
> system
> > > starts to power up, nothing appears on the monitor and then
the system
> > > powers down for no reason) and it can take an hour of
constant trying
> for
> > > the system to power up correctly.
> > >
> > > The Epox motherboard is correctly sitting in the case
screwed down at
> the
> > > correct height for everything else to be visible through
the case and
> all
> > > the other cards etc... sit perfectly.
> > >
> > > Has anyone else had this issue or know how to correct it?
> >
> > Unscrew the metal endpiece from the card and grind it down a
smidge.
> >
> > Jon
>
> Wouldn't it affect the resistance, voltage or whatever of the
card by
> tampering with the length of this metal bit?
>
>
>

On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 21:24:12 -0500, David Maynard
<dNOTmayn@ev1.net> wrote:


>> Wouldn't it affect the resistance, voltage or whatever of the card by
>> tampering with the length of this metal bit?
>
>No. It's nothing but a mounting plate.
>
>But it sounds to me like you're not getting it in the right location as
>there should be a 'slot' in the case bottom for the end of it to go into
>(which holds it from being pushed backwards into the case when you plug the
>monitor cable in, etc)

Exactly... most often the problem is that the end of the metal
bracket isn't straight (or the slot in the motherboard mounting
plate isn't staight) so removal of the card and slightly bending
that last 1cm of the metal bracket should suffice. By taking the
other side of case cover off it may be easier to see which way to
bend and/or guide it into that slot.

"David Maynard" wrote:
> John wrote:
>
> > Wouldn't it affect the resistance, voltage or whatever of the card by
> > tampering with the length of this metal bit?
>
> No. It's nothing but a mounting plate.
>
> But it sounds to me like you're not getting it in the right location as
> there should be a 'slot' in the case bottom for the end of it to go into
> (which holds it from being pushed backwards into the case when you plug the
> monitor cable in, etc)

Most cases I see nowadays don't have a clip anymore, as they pretty much just use the clearance between
the mainboard and the case to keep it from becoming bent inwards excessively. Depending on the
mainboard's mounting board, sometimes it is necessary to modify the plate (and all kinds of other things
when the specs are just a teensy bit out of whack).

It could very well be a clip issue; I just don't see them much anymore.

Jon

Jon Danniken wrote:

> "David Maynard" wrote:
>
>>John wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Wouldn't it affect the resistance, voltage or whatever of the card by
>>>tampering with the length of this metal bit?
>>
>>No. It's nothing but a mounting plate.
>>
>>But it sounds to me like you're not getting it in the right location as
>>there should be a 'slot' in the case bottom for the end of it to go into
>>(which holds it from being pushed backwards into the case when you plug the
>>monitor cable in, etc)
>
>
> Most cases I see nowadays don't have a clip anymore, as they pretty much just use the clearance between
> the mainboard and the case to keep it from becoming bent inwards excessively. Depending on the
> mainboard's mounting board, sometimes it is necessary to modify the plate (and all kinds of other things
> when the specs are just a teensy bit out of whack).
>
> It could very well be a clip issue; I just don't see them much anymore.

Yes, I have plenty of cases that have no 'clips' too, however I said
"slot," not clip, but, regardless, I've never seen one where the mounting
plates bottomed out so that the card didn't fit in the slot.

"David Maynard" wrote:
> Jon Danniken wrote:
> > "David Maynard" wrote:
> >>John wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Wouldn't it affect the resistance, voltage or whatever of the card by
> >>>tampering with the length of this metal bit?
> >>
> >>No. It's nothing but a mounting plate.
> >>
> >>But it sounds to me like you're not getting it in the right location as
> >>there should be a 'slot' in the case bottom for the end of it to go into
> >>(which holds it from being pushed backwards into the case when you plug the
> >>monitor cable in, etc)
> >
> >
> > Most cases I see nowadays don't have a clip anymore, as they pretty much just use the clearance
between
> > the mainboard and the case to keep it from becoming bent inwards excessively. Depending on the
> > mainboard's mounting board, sometimes it is necessary to modify the plate (and all kinds of other
things
> > when the specs are just a teensy bit out of whack).
> >
> > It could very well be a clip issue; I just don't see them much anymore.
>
> Yes, I have plenty of cases that have no 'clips' too, however I said
> "slot," not clip, but, regardless, I've never seen one where the mounting
> plates bottomed out so that the card didn't fit in the slot.

My mistake there; what I called "clip" is most certainly best described as a "slot". My apologies for the
lack of precision in my choice of words.

Jon