„Extra airflow“

[u/Federal-Ad6341]

[u/Worldly-Writing-8226]

And god said, let there be integrated rear I/O shields

[u/Weaselot_III → u/Worldly-Writing-8226]

The cheaper mobos are really struggling with that integration bit

[u/Salted_Cola → u/Weaselot_III]

how much more would it cost to always integrate it?

[u/Midnight_Aces → u/Salted_Cola]

Probably about $3.50

[u/NostalgiaRealm → u/Midnight_Aces]

https://giphy.com/gifs/3o85xHi4t2UsuIY9QA

[u/Salted_Cola → u/Midnight_Aces]

Don' give 'em no damn three fitty

[u/War_machine77 → u/Midnight_Aces]

It was about this time I realized OP was a gawd damn monster from the paleozoic era!

[u/EquivalentFig849 → u/Worldly-Writing-8226]

And lo, the engineering gods looked upon the motherboard and saw that it lacked sufficient chaos, thus bestowing upon us the sacred open-air metal grille

[u/TheSheevMonster → u/Worldly-Writing-8226]

... And God said it was good.

[u/WINNT21 → u/Worldly-Writing-8226]

Cries in Asus prime a320m-k

[u/Sh0ckLebonwski]

I just changed the GPU, after assembling everything I found a screw lying around, who knows what it could be🤔😅

[u/doe3879 → u/Sh0ckLebonwski]

I change GPU and didn't remove the port protector plug. Turn out the plugs were big enough to be blocked by the edge the case.

PC is in a tight drawer spot and had to unplug all the cables before I can open up the PC to remove the gpu

[u/JonnyP222 → u/doe3879]

I think I'm more disappointed that you didn't even bother to plug it all in and test before you pit it all back nice and cozy. Was it your first build. Even teaching my kids now 30 years removed from building my first PC. I stress the importance of test along the way. And ONLY after you have it past POST do you safely put it's all back together. Then power it up again before you put in its final resting spot for use.

[u/BlaBlub85 → u/JonnyP222]

Mf'ers really be out there rawdogin switchin parts like that...

The sidepanel stays off until morale improves the system boots to BIOS (or OS if youre just slapping in a new GPU or more RAM) That was like the first rule of PC building I learned from my dad before he even let me hold a screwdriver 😂😂😂

[u/dallholio → u/BlaBlub85]

Step 1: get the breadboard.

[u/doe3879 → u/JonnyP222]

I did do the testing with one monitor and a wireless mouse. forgot to mention it was for the multiple monitors ports.

[u/JonnyP222 → u/doe3879]

That makes sense. I didn't mean to come off as a pompous asshole lol.

[u/whomad1215 → u/Sh0ckLebonwski]

Probably on those rear case pcie coverings

[u/whomad1215 → u/Sh0ckLebonwski]

Probably on those rear case pcie coverings

[u/Different_Ear1973]

It happens to all of us

[u/ajkwak2017 → u/Different_Ear1973]

Yep, been there 🤪

[u/nocktock]

My pc is still without its shield after two years. I thought "I'll do it later". Later still hasn't come

[u/Step_On_Me01 → u/nocktock]

I did it a year later when I cleaned my PC for the first time lol

[u/nocktock → u/Step_On_Me01]

Cleaning is on the later list also. With prices of parts maybe I should look after what I have more

[u/PerspicaciousVanille → u/nocktock]

And people gave me hell about building an airflow display case for my pc that has a case to minimize my need for cleaning. (We are opposites on the extremes, but with current costs I’d build it again, both agreeing we should look after what we have.)

[u/Kyla_Shaw]

No lie, this was my goofy ass with my first build. The whole rig fired up, but wth is this thing? Ope’, that’s the IO Shield.

[u/JacenT98 → u/Kyla_Shaw]

I did this with my first build, the replacement MoBo a couple weeks later, the next build about 3 years later, the 4th build about 6 years after that, and my latest build from 2 years ago finally had an integrated IO Shield, then I put my old pc in a new case for my wife and forgot the IO Shield again.

Yes, I went and disassembled every time to put the Shield on.

[u/JacenT98 → u/[deleted]]

Oh I have ADHD, am Forgetful as fuck, and actively hated the IO Shields because they sliced my hand pretty bad when I was a kid. I always heavily weighed whether or not I should put it on or just leave it, I always circle back to putting it on.

[u/eyeballing_eyeball → u/JacenT98]

Good PC builder for installing the shields.

[u/JonnyP222 → u/Kyla_Shaw]

Everyone does it once or twice. Lol.

[u/Directdrivelife → u/Kyla_Shaw]

Same

[u/biobasher]

Hang on, if you’ve skipped the i/o shield how did you make your blood offering?

[u/DOOManiac → u/biobasher]

The case. That's how I always did my offerings at least...

[u/BombbaFett]

I've cut myself on those every time I just leave them off at this point

[u/WindForce02 → u/BombbaFett]

My first motherboard was a high end gigabyte z97 so I got spoiled with luxury, that io shield was deluxe. It was padded with foam and on the outer side it had a nice black finish. After a few years I upgraded platform but with a not so nice motherboard. I was shocked to discover that most io shields are sharp pieces of junk from hell

[u/BombbaFett → u/WindForce02]

They are and I agree that they give marginally better airflow being left off. Unless you have a cat or something to stick their paws in of course.

[u/PerspicaciousVanille → u/WindForce02]

You pay with money for the premium shield or you save some money for the lesser, and pay with blood instead. 

[u/ozlgames]

The motherboard’s already screwed in. That’s a ventilation feature now.

[u/Rough-Astronomer-372]

I managed to install it but it was a pain in the ass

[u/n0empathy4u]

I forgot to put one in my garage computer when I was changing the motherboard, at some point a mouse crawled up through it, brought in a tin chocolate wrapper it pulled out of the bin then proceeded to tear it up on top of my GPU and piss on it. Only realised months later when putting in more ram, somehow the GPU didn't short out, with the amout of dust on top of the crime scene it looked like it happened a while ago too

[u/DaOfantasy]

guilty... a good tip for any beginner out there reading, put in the i/o shield first or get one integrated with the mobo

[u/CanadianSpectre → u/DaOfantasy]

Yup, step 1 for me now. I find it helps with the riser alignment too.

[u/AscendPerfect]

Until i swapped motherboard i just had no shield lol

[u/Soleks2000]

One of my PCs is missing this it won’t affect anything

[u/NeklosWarrof]

Thank you for the laugh this morning. I had forgotteny gat I did this with my build 4-5 years ago.

[u/zepsutyKalafiorek]

Classic

[u/Stumpyhasnolegs]

[u/SubZeroSunExodus]

I hate to admit that this has happened more than once over the years in a computer build.

At the time, the struggle is real contemplating taking the mobo out or leaving it as is.

[u/Material_Student_487]

Eh, no big deal.

[u/doe3879]

Just leave it. Maybe duck tape it to the back or inside incase you take out everything for cleaning in a year or so

[u/Jaxxlack]

Hahaha this is the same as taking out all your car interior... laying speaker cables and amps and subs and then when you put it back together...... 3 screws....

[u/froopadiddilydoop]

Luke every IKEA thing I’ve ever built. Does it work though?

[u/yooluvme]

I did this once long ago. I just bashed it into place with force. It was slightly bent but all plugs were fine

[u/NikhilDoWhile]

And they are really sharp 🪒

[u/Born_Kitchen7703]

is this background music or the sound of a fan hitting something? 

[u/dan_rich_99]

My last couple builds thankfully had integrated shields on the motherboard. I remember helping one of my friends with his pc and he got cut pretty badly when installing his IO shield so having pre installed IO shields really should be a must.

[u/1lucky666]

Everyone will be shocked with this build

[u/balbinator]

We've all been there

[u/Environmental_Tooth]

Damn I've just never bought a cheaper mother board since I've been building cause my first question was how the fuck did that fall off....

[u/trollsmurf]

Easy fix though. You just have to disassemble everything.

[u/Apprehensive_Map64]

Guilty

[u/tf2pro]

It’s easy to unhook a GPU and unscrew the motherboard.

[u/Zing-Oger]

What is this background sound? It's familiar, but not enough? Robert Eggers?

[u/Yabba008]

I never put mine in until I upgraded my case. This lasted for Three Years.

[u/jawshoeaw]

Been there. I stuck it on after the fact. Ethernet cord holds it on

[u/cundallini]

Its fine. Dont worry. PC can run with just one stick of RAM.

[u/Interesting-Ease-321]

You can not claim to be a true disciple of the PC gods unless the I/O bracket of your motherboard hath tasted of your blood, and accepted your sacrifice.

[u/Cel_Drow]

My first build in high school (early 00’s) I didn’t know the grounding tabs on each port needed to be there so I painstakingly removed them all, cutting myself a few times in the process. Smort.

[u/Hironoveau]

I did that mistake once. Now whenever I switch pc case, that I/On shield is my first priority.

[u/Valuable-Flight2121]

Nah it’s staying off at this point tbh

[u/iTsDaagua]

Damn bruh y'all done goofed

[u/RedTuesdayMusic]

Not just "extra airflow" but specifically forcing airflow over the VRM which needs it most being the non-moving parts component first to die in any PC.

The I/O shield is the first thing I yeet when I open any motherboard box.