Can i cut of The usb, ethernet and aux ports of my motherboard?

[boocester]

I am working on something where want a slimmer lga 1366 motherboard, so could i cut of the ports of a motherboard to make it slimmer?

[FloRolf]

I mean, it's 1366, when you break it, what ever? 

Should work though. 

[RageTester]

Why would you destroy a motherboard, when there are cheap great tiny single board computers you can buy?

[Curious Pineapple]

Nope, you can desolder them but cutting wont be a good idea.

[RonnieOP]

You could...but what are you doing where you need the extra half inch of space?

 

Youd have to make sure not to damage anything else. Desoldering might eork but depends on how the shroud of the ports are held on and if its attatched to anything else. Maybe be some cutting needed as well.

[Pickles von Brine]

There is a lot more stuff going on under the ports. You cannot just cut them off either unless you have the schematic of the board and KNOW what you are cutting. 

I have heard of people cutting down N64 motherboards and whatnot, then fitting them into handhelds. It is possible, but you then have to reallocate a lot of the stuff elsewhere. 

Plus, all the power delivery is VERY close to the ports. Likely will result in failure if not careful. 

Is it possible? Yes. But it is likely best to remove ports you don't need using a soldering iron. 

[Kisai]

2 hours ago, boocester said:

I am working on something where want a slimmer lga 1366 motherboard, so could i cut of the ports of a motherboard to make it slimmer?

 

I would not recommend it, even if you remove the physical port, the OS will still try to power it, so if you short it in the process, you've destroyed all the ports.

 

If you want a smaller board, you should buy a smaller board you might consider a Nano-ITX, Pico-ITX or mini-ITX, boards which try to cram more into a small space for an embedded device, but these are not really functional for anything but embedded systems.

[TheMadMadMad]

i would recomment trying to desolder them, but as along as you create no short in the process i dont see any reason why you shouldnt be able to cut them off.

Maybe try one something you wanna ditch first.