I/O shield fins

rgallie · 22 Jan 2011 at 11:46

I have these wee fins on the inside of my I/O shield next to every port hole, they are about 1mm wide and 4mm long. They are poking into my mobo ports and pushing the I/O shield away from it. This aint any problem other than it looks wierd, do i need those fins for anything, can i snip a few of them or should they be bent out so they go round the ports or what???

Cheers

Emphacy · 22 Jan 2011 at 13:30

They should be bent out to go around the ports. Each fin sits neatly over the ports on your motherboard.
They shouldn't be pushing anything away, if they are causing a problem just cut them off, they aren't intended for any specific purpose.

rgallie · 22 Jan 2011 at 15:30

Sum of them look quite tricky to reach now that everything is fitted, dunno how to get to it wi'out removing the mobo, save it for a rainy day i think :confused:

PhillyDee · 22 Jan 2011 at 15:32

The reason for them is to keep it taut and earthed. They are springy as they will always make contact. Don't bend them to go down the sides, they aren;t designed to do that.

Plus, who cares, they are at the back of the PC and hidden.

rgallie · 22 Jan 2011 at 15:37

OK, well like all things round the rear, theres no reason for anything to be going on round there so i'll just leave them then.