That stupid metal thing and other PITA issues

[laughing man]

1) What is up with with that stupid metal thing that goes around the mother board ports?
I mean it isn't even mentioned in the instructions. Am I supposed to leave some of the metal tabs on? Is it for grounding (doesn't seem likely as my case is painted)? What happens if I busted off the tab over the HDMI completely? Why didn't they just bust out the right holes qt the factory? Only some holes were busted out. I had to bust out some.

2) I am damn glad I now have a ESD mat. Attaching the heatsink would have been a PITA and dangerous without it. My stock heat sink came with a fleck in the paste... had to replace it all.

If it were for that heat sink and that stupid metal thing I would be done now. >:[

 

[VegetableStu]

What is up with with that stupid metal thing that goes around the mother board ports?

yeah more boards should do what ASUS does

unfortunately not a simple solution for thin-ITX boards though, having to consider two IO outlines

 

[jØrd]

Am I supposed to leave some of the metal tabs on?

yes

Is it for grounding

iirc yes, it grounds the shield to the port (static protection perhaps) and provides some level of EMI / RFI shielding. NFI how critical it is, i have in the past and continue to run a pile of systems w/out an I/O shield, its fine. Im no expert though so perhaps someone w/ more knowledge on this could chime in.

hat happens if I busted off the tab over the HDMI completely?

meh, should be fine.

Why didn't they just bust out the right holes qt the factory?

An I/O shield that isnt punched out properly!? pics?

My stock heat sink came with a fleck in the paste... had to replace it all.

Speaking generally, the pre-applied TIM is garbage anyway and worth replacing w/ basically any other paste.

 

[laughing man]

I already puched out the bit of metal. So all you would get is pictures of the metal bits. Plus there is no way to add an attachments and I don't feel like signing up for a photo sharing site.

 

[laughing man]

For future reference, never call biostar on the phone. No one speaks english. Literally. I gave up trying to get them to understand what an I/O plate is. Why isn't this information in the instruction manual? Why?


And does the plate have to touch the hdmi port? Is this for grounding or does it matter?