Loose I/O Shield, OK?

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I got my Asus (socket 478) mb and the provided I/O Shield is loose on the
case.

The case is ATX, bought nearly five years ago, from a custom PC OEM. They
never revealed who made their cases from that time, but it is marked 'ADD.',
so it must be Addtronics, considered very good at the time.

The I/O sits in place, but a silght push and it falls inward.

Won't the force of the mb ports keep the I/O from falling inwards?

And also, is there any importance for the I/O to be tight?

thanks,
QZ
 
QZ said:
I got my Asus (socket 478) mb and the provided I/O Shield is loose on the
case.

The case is ATX, bought nearly five years ago, from a custom PC OEM. They
never revealed who made their cases from that time, but it is marked 'ADD.',
so it must be Addtronics, considered very good at the time.

The I/O sits in place, but a silght push and it falls inward.

Won't the force of the mb ports keep the I/O from falling inwards?
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Try it and see.
And also, is there any importance for the I/O to be tight?
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You don't want cunductive things rattling freely around your case.
thanks,
QZ
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spodosaurus said:
Try it and see.
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Well, thanks. But I was looking for someone who had this situation before.
If not, I will try it, because looking at the port housings, they are bigger
than the port openings in the shield, so they should hold the shield in
place.
You don't want cunductive things rattling freely around your case.
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I meant tight as opposed to just in place. Really, now that I think of it,
it shouldn't make any difference.
 
QZ said:
I got my Asus (socket 478) mb and the provided I/O Shield is loose on the
case.

The case is ATX
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I was able to fit the I/O shield tightly in the case. The gasket needed to
be pushed all the way passed the edge of the case opening.
 
QZ said:
I was able to fit the I/O shield tightly in the case. The gasket needed to
be pushed all the way passed the edge of the case opening.
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But, the shield came loose again!
Two of the sides are fairly tight, but the others are only slightly tight.

I am still open to advice, so that the shield might fit tightly.
 
QZ said:
But, the shield came loose again!
Two of the sides are fairly tight, but the others are only slightly tight.

I am still open to advice, so that the shield might fit tightly.
Click to expand...

Put the motherboard in and see what happens with it there. If the shield
still falls into the case, don't connect the power.

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spammage trappage: remove the underscores to reply

I'm going to die rather sooner than I'd like. I tried to protect my
neighbours from crime, and became the victim of it. Complications in
hospital following this resulted in a serious illness. I now need a bone
marrow transplant. Many people around the world are waiting for a marrow
transplant, too. Please volunteer to be a marrow donor:
http://www.abmdr.org.au/
http://www.marrow.org/
 
But, the shield came loose again!
Two of the sides are fairly tight, but the others are only slightly tight.

I am still open to advice, so that the shield might fit tightly.
Click to expand...

Is it loose with the mobo in place or is this with it just in on its
own? If the latter then that's quite normal, it's happened to me
several times. Just fit the mobo and it will stay put.

Tom
 
QZ said:
But, the shield came loose again!
Two of the sides are fairly tight, but the others are only slightly tight.
Click to expand...

Have you tried removing the shield and prying it all along its
perimeter slot to widen that slot and make it grip more tightly?

If the shield doesn't fit, how about holding it place by the hex nuts
that go over the parallel and serial ports? You'll probably have to
use some washers (from a real hardware store) under the nuts because
the holes in the shield are too big.
 
Tom said:
Is it loose with the mobo in place or is this with it just in on its
own? If the latter then that's quite normal, it's happened to me
several times. Just fit the mobo and it will stay put.
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Loose on its own. Funny though, that I was able to carry the case, even turn
it from side to standing, and the shield never fell, w/o a mb.

So, I fitted the mb in place and the shield now stays put. If I press one
side of it in, it flexs in slightly, then back out, so its fine.

Just for laughs, I wonder if anybody ever saw a shield *set* like the
following, (almost identical ATX case to the other one, but from over eight
years ago):
One shield is aluminum with six tabs on one long side, which fit into six
slots on the inner side of a steel shield; the steel shield has three screw
holes, on that same long side, that connect to the case.

First, I tried that case, and obviously it didn't work. But, I am glad I got
the other case to work.

Thanks for all the info.,
QZ
 
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