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I/O bracket in the way of the motherboard

Gnrl Kitty
By Gnrl Kitty
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Has anyone ever experienced this? I have a Maximus V Formula and I'm trying to put it in a 900D. But I swear the I/O bracket is in the way of the motherboard lining up with the standoffs. The I/O shield has some padding on the back, is it okay to remove that to make it more flush...?

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Sometimes you have to push on the board to get it to fit all the way. I had to do it in my Cosmos II and DF-85.

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Leave the padding there. It's there for a reason. Just the board up against it.

 

 

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I have  MVF in an 800D, had no problems. I can't imagine there would be a problem on the 900D.

Make sure all the IO ports are properly lined up and there's nothing else blocking. Then gently push the board into the padding and the standoffs should line up. The padding is there to make contact with the ports, leave it on.

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I don't see how this is possible... Even after getting the board pushed over this peg in the middle (which took all my strength) it still barely allows SOME of the standoffs to line up.

CPU: i7 6850K | RAM: 64GB 3200Mhz | Mobo: EVGA Micro2 | PSU: EVGA P2 850W | GPU: EVGA 1080 Ti FE

Case: Fractal Design Node 804 | Cooler: NH-D15S

 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro 256GB, Sandisk Ultra II 960GB

 

OS: Windows 10 | Display: LG 34UM94 & Asus PG279Q

 

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Can you send a picture?

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http://imgur.com/mlESrtj

http://imgur.com/xw3K7zm

You can see in the second one that it still definitely doesn't line up.

CPU: i7 6850K | RAM: 64GB 3200Mhz | Mobo: EVGA Micro2 | PSU: EVGA P2 850W | GPU: EVGA 1080 Ti FE

Case: Fractal Design Node 804 | Cooler: NH-D15S

 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro 256GB, Sandisk Ultra II 960GB

 

OS: Windows 10 | Display: LG 34UM94 & Asus PG279Q

 

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Is it me or does that standoff in the first picture look like it's in really bad shape?

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"I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you" - Edward I. Koch

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I don't know... This is my first build so I honestly don't even know what one should look like.

CPU: i7 6850K | RAM: 64GB 3200Mhz | Mobo: EVGA Micro2 | PSU: EVGA P2 850W | GPU: EVGA 1080 Ti FE

Case: Fractal Design Node 804 | Cooler: NH-D15S

 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro 256GB, Sandisk Ultra II 960GB

 

OS: Windows 10 | Display: LG 34UM94 & Asus PG279Q

 

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A standoff should look like this

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http://imgur.com/0wNXidM

Best picture I could take of it.

CPU: i7 6850K | RAM: 64GB 3200Mhz | Mobo: EVGA Micro2 | PSU: EVGA P2 850W | GPU: EVGA 1080 Ti FE

Case: Fractal Design Node 804 | Cooler: NH-D15S

 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro 256GB, Sandisk Ultra II 960GB

 

OS: Windows 10 | Display: LG 34UM94 & Asus PG279Q

 

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Is a screw in the standoff?

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No no it's not a screw... It wa in there from the manufacturer.

CPU: i7 6850K | RAM: 64GB 3200Mhz | Mobo: EVGA Micro2 | PSU: EVGA P2 850W | GPU: EVGA 1080 Ti FE

Case: Fractal Design Node 804 | Cooler: NH-D15S

 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro 256GB, Sandisk Ultra II 960GB

 

OS: Windows 10 | Display: LG 34UM94 & Asus PG279Q

 

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Is a screw in the standoff?

Some standoffs are just that, standoffs. Some of them just have pegs jutting out of them, so screws are not required.
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Some standoffs are just that, standoffs. Some of them just have pegs jutting out of them, so screws are not required.

Interesting. Never seen them before.

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"I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you" - Edward I. Koch

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