I/O Shield: alignment problem!

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NoobSauz

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Hello all.

Last night I started fitting an MSI MS1710A motherboard to a Corsair vengeance c70 case.

After many hours (!) of attempts I was unable to fit the motherboard to the case and have the board align with the I/O Shield. So in the end I left the I/O shield off, then fitted the board to the case.

What I'd like to ask is: is it safe to leave the I/O shield off the pc?

Thanks!
 
Yes generally there is little need for this. I have omitted it on several builds.

It may be worth determining why it does not fit in your case. Do the cards align properly with the slots?
 
Hello and thanks for your response.

I've not added any cards yet, still to set everything up tonight. It all looks like it's in alignment though.

I'll check after work and post with an update.

Cheers.
 
i missed it off my build cos i was a virgin noob and the instructions never mentioned it - i assumed that you clipped it on after and found out that wasn't the case >:-/
i ended up tracing the shield and making a template out of stiff cartridge paper to flit over the gap, just to keep my OCD limited, heh.
 
You are using the IO shield that came with the motherboard, not the generic one that comes with most cases, aren't you?

While it's perfectly safe to run without an IO shield, as nkata said it might well be worth finding out why it doesn't fit when it should. Have you put all the motherboard stand-offs in place and screwed them down fully? My only concern would be if the motherboard and IO shield don't match up, you might well find issues when you come to try to put graphics cards, soundcards or other things into the PCI/PCI-E slots on your motherboard and then try to screw them into the case. It's probably worth spending a few minutes double checking things align at an early stage rather than once you've put lots of stuff into the case and then have to take it all out again.
 
High... I have the MSI Z170A gaming M7 myself.

I'm assuming you removed the two nuts and bolts that holds the red metal shroud on that covers the backplate conectors on the mobo? and replaced the nuts/bolts with standard screws that then replace them and screw into the relevant mobo standoffs? Otherwise no way will the connectors align with the IO shield.

Hope this helps.

PS. The manual does not tell you to do this... but you most definitely have to. Otherwise not only will the connectors not align with the I/O shield... but you will in effect be missing fitting two motherboard fixing screws. Not good news if you are going to fit a heavy HS/cooler.
 
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It's simply there to neaten up the case design, and kind of helps with airflow and dust restriction.

But no, it's far from essential.
 
Hi all.

The board I have is the one mentioned in mikeo's post and I'm 99% sure his solution will be correct. I noticed that the red metal shroud was blocking two backplate connectors, but I was a tad paranoid to remove the shroud. I'll try that when I get home.

I must say, I'm very impressed with the ocuk community. Helpful people!

Thanks for your responses.
 
NoobSauz said:
Hi all.

The board I have is the one mentioned in mikeo's post and I'm 99% sure his solution will be correct. I noticed that the red metal shroud was blocking two backplate connectors, but I was a tad paranoid to remove the shroud. I'll try that when I get home.

I must say, I'm very impressed with the ocuk community. Helpful people!

Thanks for your responses.
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Don't place a toe into General Discussion if you wish to maintain that judgment :)
 
NoobSauz said:
Hi all.

The board I have is the one mentioned in mikeo's post and I'm 99% sure his solution will be correct. I noticed that the red metal shroud was blocking two backplate connectors, but I was a tad paranoid to remove the shroud. I'll try that when I get home.

I must say, I'm very impressed with the ocuk community. Helpful people!

Thanks for your responses.
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No problem ... this confused me for a while as well.

Please be aware that MSI have recently released a new BIOS for this board. It's up to 1.5 now. Mine came with the release BIOS 1.2
Personally I would recommend flashing it via M-FLASH in the BIOS. I still don't trust MSI LIVE UPDATE utility (not like it shows in Live Update anyway).

I'd also be interested to hear what the CPU voltage is showing in your BIOS. As mine is a pretty high 1.288v
 
fobose said:
wolfie138, Why didn't you just take the motherboard back out and clip it in place?
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cos i only found out right at the end when everything was fully assembled. given it was my first ever build and astonishingly worked fine (until i accidentally dislodged a cable, as per my other thread here!) i wasn't about to risk buggering up anything by pulling everything apart for the sake of the shield
 
Get it done! :P

P.s a quick tip. You can use the CPU heatsink to hold on to when removing the motherboard. I always use it to carefully maneuver it out of the case, it is the only thing I hold, other hand is free to hold any wires out of the way etc. Obviously depending what heatsink you have, but if its a standard air cooler it will be fine.
 
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