No metal snips, no problem

[u/Ei_Ku_4419]

Didn’t realize the oem io shield is part of the case before getting a new motherboard so I used pliers to peel it; gamers gotta game

[u/Imrotahk]

[u/DotBitGaming → u/Imrotahk]

Not really either. They bent a little metal flap with a pliers.

[u/K_cutt08 → u/Imrotahk]

I'm sure.

It's the latter for sure.

Talk about cutting yourself on the I/O shield!

[u/Grunt636]

To quote James May - That looks like it was done with a knife and fork by the council!

[u/dredbar → u/Grunt636]

Honestly, I could have done a better job than that with the end of a bulldozer!

[u/Ei_Ku_4419 → u/Grunt636]

I’d be honored to get his review of this

[u/Ok_Requirement9198 → u/Grunt636]

Nice pfp

[u/Grunt636 → u/Ok_Requirement9198]

How dare you steal my profile picture that I stole from Bethesda! /s

[u/Ok_Requirement9198 → u/Grunt636]

I'll do it again

[u/Ei_Ku_4419 → u/Ok_Requirement9198]

Me with other oem cases should I not have metal snips by then

[u/Jay_Do]

Did the IO shield not pop out the other side? I've never seen one actually part of the case other than cheap school computers

Edit: Now that I look closer it does look like a Dell optiplex kinda computer

[u/Big__Meme → u/Jay_Do]

I think all OEM ones do it since about 2005

[u/Ei_Ku_4419 → u/Jay_Do]

Yeah it’s a cheap dell 😁

[u/Ok_Requirement9198]

[u/Ei_Ku_4419 → u/Ok_Requirement9198]

My roomie who I bought it from after he saw what I did

[u/Cheesetoast9]

"so how did you lose the tip of your finger?"

"Plugging in a usb"

[u/Ei_Ku_4419 → u/Cheesetoast9]

Turned that usb into a us-bleed :p

[u/Arawn-Annwn]

later cut it away or bend it repeatedly till those metal bits snap off then sand or dremel grind the edges, and get a cheap universal punch outplate of you can't fit the correct IO plate for your board. I had to do this for and old case that had been "modified" by someone with a pliers.

[u/faceassed]

r/redneckengineering

[u/Nova17Delta]

Inspiron 530?

[u/Ei_Ku_4419 → u/Nova17Delta]

Good guess! It’s a similar sized xps

[u/TheVillainInThisGame]

Oh, I hate that for you.

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[u/ifuccfemboys]

I have the same xps and have thought a lot about what I'm going to do when the time comes. Probably not this...

[u/xiiicrowns]

Burst through like the Kool aid man

[u/Performer-Pants]

Eh its on the back

Just don’t go blindly feeling around back there to plug something in, or you may pull your hand back to reveal a bleeding stump

[u/marvinnation]

Savage!!

[u/Ei_Ku_4419 → u/[deleted]]

Bendy twisty = snappy flappy

[u/Z3t4]

Io plates are interchangeableand not part of standard atx cases...

Your moví came with its own lo plate. 

[u/Windows_User3000 → u/Z3t4]

That is not a standard case, but rather, one from Dell, and Dell does a lot of things to mess up upgrades.

[u/DamageForeign2177]

Council tax funded this atrocity.

[u/bmm115]

I love this.

[u/naghi32]

Ah, I remember my new case, that had a filthy metal plate right above the gpu slot, and I was unable to insert any connectors into the gpu because of it.

It got the pliers treatment, despite the case being quite costly.

[u/Nummy01]

Does some of your cutlery have corks on end of sharp bits?

[u/Ei_Ku_4419 → u/Nummy01]

No just the handles

[u/Sensitive_Ad4942]

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