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Found a use for PCI-E I/O shields.

Dredgy
By Dredgy
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Recently I've discovered the joy of having I/O mounted to the underside of your desk, and I currently have a DAC, USB hub and card reader mounted for delightfully easy access to the majority of my I/O, as well as a convenient volume knob:

 

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I also mounted the headphone hanger that came with my case to the side of the desk:

 

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And I was left with a truly awful problem. If my headphones are resting on the hanger, and plugged into the DAC, the cable loosely hangs where I put my feet up. This became particularly annoying tonight and I was looking everywhere for curtain hooks or similar to improvise a cable run and keep the headphone cable out of my way! Alas, none could be found, but I did find something that does the job surprisingly well. The I/O shields on expansion cards. I had one spare from my current tv card and did a test fitting to see if it works, and voila!

 

So I ripped one off of my old TV card and one off of a USB hub card I found. 

 

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And now a perfectly run cable so I can put my feet up in peace :)

 

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Just thought I'd share cause I'm happy with myself :P

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This should go in the modding section. Nice job :)

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Cheers. It certainly worked much better than I thought. And in the 20 minutes since it's been up, I'm liking the look and the functionality.

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IMO you should paint them black.

Any unknown button should be pressed even number of times.

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IMO you should paint them black.

 

I have black ones (the default case ones), but decided to go with silver, as the black cable and silver go well with the silver and black DAC and my silver and black headphones. Hopefully I don't regret the choice in the morning time!

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It looks like you need to hoover your carpet...

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

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Better use- phone stand. Bend it. Better than one you can buy

muh specs 

Gaming and HTPC (reparations)- ASUS 1080, MSI X99A SLI Plus, 5820k- 4.5GHz @ 1.25v, asetek based 360mm AIO, RM 1000x, 16GB memory, 750D with front USB 2.0 replaced with 3.0  ports, 2 250GB 850 EVOs in Raid 0 (why not, only has games on it), some hard drives

Screens- Acer preditor XB241H (1080p, 144Hz Gsync), LG 1080p ultrawide, (all mounted) directly wired to TV in other room

Stuff- k70 with reds, steel series rival, g13, full desk covering mouse mat

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It looks like you need to hoover your carpet...

 

Haha yep.

 

 

Better use- phone stand. Bend it. Better than one you can buy

 

Good idea, I might give it a shot.

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I was thinking of a hub like that once I get a new desk

 

"Of course, its trash," Luke, 2014

 

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I was thinking of a hub like that once I get a new desk

 

You'd be surprised how good it is. I'll likely add a couple more.

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