help with motherboard

mirrorman96 · 6 Jan 2015 at 16:18

I'm trying to put a motherboard into my case but there's metal bits sticking out from the io shield so its not going in. What do I do?

dazza13 · 6 Jan 2015 at 16:21

When you say metal bits do you mean on the back of the io shield around all the port holes?

mirrorman96 · 6 Jan 2015 at 16:31

russell664 · 6 Jan 2015 at 16:34

What case and motherboard do you have?

mirrorman96 · 6 Jan 2015 at 16:38

Next h440 and MSI b85-g41

SiriusB · 6 Jan 2015 at 16:41

Those prongs should push against the motherboard ports creating a snug fit against the IO shield. It's main job, as far as I can tell, is to stop the IO shield moving about when you plug/unplug peripherals. Maybe to help stop it rattling if the case is vibrating, too?

On one IO shield I had, the prongs stuck out quite far, so I flattened them a bit (not all the way).

mirrorman96 · 6 Jan 2015 at 16:41

Don't worry I've done it now. It was becuase I didn't have the io shield in properly

Danny75 · 6 Jan 2015 at 16:45

Don't recall which motherboard it was but I did build with one that required two IO shield metal bits to be pulled back at right angles to provide access to a port, so that they ended up "holding" the port. It was strange but the only way to do it as they were literally blocking the port. Try what SiriusB said first, if that doesn't work in your case then just pull them back carefully without breaking them.

EDIT - Just saw your last post. Good.