Rear i/o shield question

[hlots123]

hi, i need to remove the rear i/o shield due to some alignment issue.
anyone here been running without rear i/o shield, got any problems i shud kno abt?

 

[Koenig168]

I've not been using the I/O shield for more than a year. No problem.

 

[hlots123]

ahh thx! guess i jus hav2 get used to the ugly gap.
my initial worry was grounding (??)... and lizards.

 

[Koenig168]

ahh thx! guess i jus hav2 get used to the ugly gap.
my initial worry was grounding (??)... and lizards.

Grounding is through the electrical wire connected to the PSU. Lizards don't go into computers. They just crawl under your shirt at night. Sweet dreams.

 

[hlots123]

heheh...
also i think, attaching the i/o shield & inserting the mb into the case is the most frustrating & nervous step for me. and this time was the worst...

 

[RobinTeoHood]

Dare to use some force or bend the shields. Usually they snap well into place. Otherwise use tape to seal the gaps.

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[commach]

Grounding is through the electrical wire connected to the PSU. Lizards don't go into computers. They just crawl under your shirt at night. Sweet dreams.

The rear i/o shield does provide DC grounding to individual port mounted on the motherboard, don't confused with the whole system AC grounding ⏚ via the A/C power cable.

The motherboard's manufacturer don't provide just a cover for the holes or gaps, the main purpose is to provide shielding for the rear onboard ports via this rear i/o shield. The name shield should not be read as cover.

 

[hlots123]

hi. i dunno izit really just pure force. i rem last time i spend more than 1hr to snap the damn thing in!
really, after 30min i lost my patience alr & forcing it anyhow, but only 1 side wanted to go it. in the end i removed the rear case fan & continued forcing, took another 30min before hearing the nice *SNAP!* success...

and another time when inserting mb, it keeps getting blocked dunno by shield tabs or case standoff alignment. in-out-in-out try sooo many times i was afraid i've been scaping the mb underside against the standoff so much tat will cause damage...
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this time diff, it only took me abt 15min (!!!) to snap the shield in. then the mb 1st time in snap into place. happy happy i put in mb screws, mount tower cooler etc. only later looked at rear ports saw p/s2 & top usb ports semi blocked (cannot insert usb in), bottom ports ok & aligned.

well, lots of frustration later (and some damage to i/o shield, a few screw heads & screw threads, and dropped screw driver onto mb...), i took out the i/o shield. i suspect the alignment issue is likely due to 730t casing - either mb standoffs near the top are too short, or the mb tray not even & bulging slightly outwards at the top.

sorry for wot!

 

[hlots123]

The rear i/o shield does provide DC grounding to individual port mounted on the motherboard, don't confused with the whole system AC grounding ⏚ via the A/C power cable.

The motherboard's manufacturer don't provide just a cover for the holes or gaps, the main purpose is to provide shielding for the rear onboard ports via this rear i/o shield. The name shield should not be read as cover.

yeah i rem coming across a thread abt this, but dunno the details.
i found some threads again, dunno same or not. i can't determine, are they referring to reducing high freq emission outside of case (into environment, not computer)? or really reducing signal noise of that port i.e. in our computer?

http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=586452
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=44698

 

[commach]

The rear i/o shield should be an easy job to mount, usually less than 15 seconds.

If you have problem mounting the shield only on this particular casing, likely the problem lies with the standoff or warped base panel for the motherboard.

 

[commach]

yeah i rem coming across a thread abt this, but dunno the details.
i found some threads again, dunno same or not. i can't determine, are they referring to reducing high freq emission outside of case (into environment, not computer)? or really reducing signal noise of that port i.e. in our computer?

http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=586452
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=44698

To be brutally honest, I didn't click these link.

From my own experiences and shallow knowledge, the rear i/o shield provide shielding from external interference and DC grounding (via resistor) for the rear ports because AC grounding can only pass through capacitor.

 

[hlots123]

The rear i/o shield should be an easy job to mount, usually less than 15 seconds.

If you have problem mounting the shield only on this particular casing, likely the problem lies with the standoff or warped base panel for the motherboard.

yeaahhh i think i ever took a few secs too... ONE TIME! dunno why i had trouble with all others.

To be brutally honest, I didn't click these link.

From my own experiences and shallow knowledge, the rear i/o shield provide shielding from external interference and DC grounding (via resistor) for the rear ports because AC grounding can only pass through capacitor.

oic, i dun think i can do anything abt it now. cross fingers & hope i dun meet any problems like Koenig168...

 

[Koenig168]

The rear i/o shield does provide DC grounding to individual port mounted on the motherboard, don't confused with the whole system AC grounding ⏚ via the A/C power cable.

Prove it.

The I/O shield supposedly provide EMI shielding, which I rank up there with handphone EMI causing cancer.