The Mobo Manufacturers

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  1. John Cena

    John Cena What's a Dremel?

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    Tell me something.
    Why the ****** ***** does motherboard manufactuers put little thingys on the faceplates of the motherboard? I have to break those pieces of s*** off and I got a BILLION finger cuts doing that

    Why? I just want to know why?


    (a face plate is the metal plate that fits into the case for mobo connections etc)
     
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  2. Colonel Sanders

    Colonel Sanders Minimodder

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    You've gotta be smarter than the backing plate. What that means is use a pen or pencil or similar object to break out smaller pieces, and grab a pair of needle nose pliars for the others. So far, I have never cut myself removing the pieces of metal they add.

    To answer the question of why- most of the time, the audio connectors or a lan connector are covered up. This allows the MB manufacturers to release boards with similar layouts that share a common backing plate.

    What I really dislike, is how they sping load the damn things. . . The motherboard has to be shoved with great force against the backing plate in order to line up the screw holes, and for what reason?

    L J
     
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  3. Firehed

    Firehed Why not? I own a domain to match.

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    Yeah, the springloadedness gets me. As for the breakaway parts, it's so they can use the same backplate with multiple mobos that don't all have the same features.
     
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  4. Constructacon

    Constructacon Constructing since 1978

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    Has anyone ever been able to shed light on why they put the little spring tabs there? I mean, my cases have never needed them for the mobo to hold the backing plate firmly in place.
     
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  5. dom_

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    grounding connectors to the case?
     
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  6. Lovah

    Lovah Apple and Canon fanboy

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    1. Use pliars
    2. Don't break them off, they are for grounding the connectors tot he case. You should just bend them so they softly press the connector. (connector of the mobo!)

    L
     
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  7. slater

    slater Mummy Says Im Special

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    People attualy use the back plates??? weirdos :p
     
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  8. Shuriken

    Shuriken same christmas AV for a whole year

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    They do serve a funcion as Electro-magnetic shields, so they are worth putting in. As for the spring loaded grounding, all of the motherboard grounds are connected to the PSU via the cables, and the PSU is grounded against the case, but then I can't think of any other reason for doing it.

    matt
     
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  9. John Cena

    John Cena What's a Dremel?

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    Oh Ok. I tried bending it but then the motherboard wouldnit "fit" perfectly heh. Anyways I'm not mad anymore..not even after the 100 slices on my fingers.
     
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  10. Colonel Sanders

    Colonel Sanders Minimodder

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    I can see the reasoning for the backing plate's spinginess for grounding, but the springs they put on there are just plain tough!

    L J
     
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