Riser Cable Grounding

[needsomeaim]

Hi everyone,

 

i am currently installing a riser cable in my case for a vertical mount. Unfortunately, the available stand offs are not aligned with the screw holes of the raiser.

 

I was wondering if the riser cable needs to be screwed down at all? Or can it just hang freely? 
Especially since the distance between riser pcb and case is around 5mm and I am a bit worried about not having it grounded. 
 

thanks!

[Alex Atkin UK]

5 minutes ago, needsomeaim said:

Hi everyone,

 

i am currently installing a riser cable in my case for a vertical mount. Unfortunately, the available stand offs are not aligned with the screw holes of the raiser.

 

I was wondering if the riser cable needs to be screwed down at all? Or can it just hang freely? 
Especially since the distance between riser pcb and case is around 5mm and I am a bit worried about not having it grounded. 
 

thanks!

Ground should be achieved through the PCIe socket, although you might want to add kapton tape to the bottom of the riser to make sure its can't slip and short out on the case standoffs if it wont fit. 

 

There's also a slight chance of expansion/contraction making the connection work loose over time.

[Robchil]

13 minutes ago, needsomeaim said:

Hi everyone,

 

i am currently installing a riser cable in my case for a vertical mount. Unfortunately, the available stand offs are not aligned with the screw holes of the raiser.

 

I was wondering if the riser cable needs to be screwed down at all? Or can it just hang freely? 
Especially since the distance between riser pcb and case is around 5mm and I am a bit worried about not having it grounded. 
 

thanks!

then you have the wrong riser cable.. they come with the pcb going down.. and to the side 90 degree.. 

[needsomeaim]

8 minutes ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

Ground should be achieved through the PCIe socket, although you might want to add kapton tape to the bottom of the riser to make sure its can't slip and short out on the case standoffs if it wont fit. 

 

There's also a slight chance of expansion/contraction making the connection work loose over time.

Just to make sure I understood correctly: 

In general, the riser does not have to be screwed somewhere. However, if it’s not screwed somewhere I need to make sure the PCB is not getting contact to anything?

[Alex Atkin UK]

2 minutes ago, needsomeaim said:

Just to make sure I understood correctly: 

In general, the riser does not have to be screwed somewhere. However, if it’s not screwed somewhere I need to make sure the PCB is not getting contact to anything?

In general it should be screwed somewhere, especially if you are going to move the PC at all.  But it should be "safe" as long as nothing can short out.

[needsomeaim]

6 minutes ago, Robchil said:

then you have the wrong riser cable.. they come with the pcb going down.. and to the side 90 degree.. 

A riser cable with a pcb down would not fit as I have not enough height under the card. So I have to use a 90 deg one

[Robchil]

2 minutes ago, needsomeaim said:

A riser cable with a pcb down would not fit as I have not enough height under the card. So I have to use a 90 deg one

what ever fits your build.. some actually are not mounted at all too..  but the case needs to be a bit stirdier then to hold the gpu just from the back slot

 

[needsomeaim]

37 minutes ago, Robchil said:

what ever fits your build.. some actually are not mounted at all too..  but the case needs to be a bit stirdier then to hold the gpu just from the back slot

 

I was planning to support the card by adding a rubber block or something like that at the end of the card. 
It would work just having it on the back slot, but I don’t like that really.

seems like it shouldn’t be a huge problem to not screw the riser