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Sema4MK
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 Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2002 8:46 am Post subject: I/O Shields |
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I just bought an ASUS P4S8X mobo and plan on putting it in an old ATX case I have. Since the ASUS mobo has many new I/O ports like onboard sound/LAN and Firewire built in, the rear I/O shield differs from that of what is built into the case. Is there any easy way to replace the old I/O shield or am I going to have to get out the Dremel?
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Starbuck15
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| Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2002 5:48 pm Post subject: Re: I/O Shields |
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| Sema4MK wrote: | | I just bought an ASUS P4S8X mobo and plan on putting it in an old ATX case I have. Since the ASUS mobo has many new I/O ports like onboard sound/LAN and Firewire built in, the rear I/O shield differs from that of what is built into the case. Is there any easy way to replace the old I/O shield or am I going to have to get out the Dremel? |
My Asus A7V333 Mobo came with its own I/O shield (a rather flimsy one at that, but it did come with it), I wonder why yours didn't include one.
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Sema4MK
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Actually my P4S8X mobo did come with one, but my concern is with putting it in my old ATX case.
The old I/O shield is built into the case and am confused with what they want me to do with the new one.
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| Sema4MK wrote: | Actually my P4S8X mobo did come with one, but my concern is with putting it in my old ATX case.
The old I/O shield is built into the case and am confused with what they want me to do with the new one. |
Hmmmm, I can only think that you would have to cut it out and find some way to apply the new I/O shield. You probably have an older or more generic case that doesn't have swappable I/O shields. Are you sure its directly attached, and not just clipped in some way? My case had the same kind of I/O shield as my Mobo (its a Lian-Li though  ), except with different slots for ports (My mobo has a built in sound chip). If you cut it out to the size of you're old one (make the fit a little tight, if its too tight, you can always sand off some more. But if it's too lose, you're kind of screwed  ).
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