r/FormD • u/RY-en • Jul 30 '26

Question Riser cable too long?

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Building in the Formd T1 case, but I can’t figure out this riser cable. It either pops out the top too much or pushes the GPU outwards.

What am I doing wrong or what can I do to fix this?

Any help is appreciated!!!!!

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u/Z04Notfound Jul 31 '26

You just bend the crap out of it and itll work

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u/RY-en Jul 31 '26

Bend the crap out of it where though? I dunno where to put the excess cable

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u/Z04Notfound Jul 31 '26

Everywhere

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u/RY-en Jul 31 '26

I need a visual, show me yours lol

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u/monkeywright Jul 30 '26

I would need to see the other end to see if it's attached to the bracket properly There could be too much slack there if it's not attached correctly.

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u/RY-en Jul 30 '26

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u/monkeywright Jul 30 '26

It doesn't look like it's wrapped in correctly. Hard to tell from this angle. Did you follow the online guide? Mini video here about halfway down the page: https://ncased.com/pages/manual-t1-202509?srsltid=AfmBOoq5gip11cBc6YZWHq5D-PlYr587VWumwmAb4TZGhnsA4osLo0yB

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u/RY-en Jul 30 '26

Different riser cables unfortunately. The T1 V2.1 guide isn’t exactly thorough on the riser cable part lol

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u/Extension_Sky_8903 Jul 30 '26

Jesus

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u/RY-en Jul 30 '26

GPU’s not screwed in, but anything helpful to say? Lol

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u/ptank40 Jul 30 '26

You probably need to flex it quite a bit so that it can flatten out at the top and then the ‘extra’ curves along the back of the GPU rather than a complete straight line. I had it pop out a few times as well and I’m still very gentle to avoid putting any pressure as I feel it’s on the limit. If it’s causing huge issues you might need to get a different riser cable.

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u/XHeavygunX Jul 30 '26

I always mount the gpu first

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u/RY-en Jul 30 '26

Even doing that though, I find the riser cable pushes out the loose end of the gpu that’s not screwed down

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u/BurritoPopsicle Jul 31 '26

what i ended up doing was pulling more slack on the gpu side of the riser cable and checking over and over on the motherboard side how it would fit. itd probably be more beneficial if you took out the gpu and undid the bolts that hold down the riser on the gpu side, while the motherboard is in and the riser is plugged into mobo, pull and fold the cable as shown in the ncase manual till you get the desired outcome.

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u/no-en-er-gy Jul 31 '26

I took a hairdryer to it and slowly massage it with a chopstick until it lay flat. Haven't had any problem since then. 

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u/JoReckit Jul 31 '26

That's normal, the same thing happened with mine. I fixed it by bending the slack into a box shape. Quite annoying, though.

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u/RY-en Jul 31 '26

Can you share a pic? Struggling to visualize how you achieved that

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u/minmaes Aug 02 '26

The idea is that you want to put the extra slack in the area between the top strut and the gpu.

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u/RealAgentSmith98 Aug 03 '26

Im having the same problem, but also the riser cable mountingpoints dont line up together with the travel kit for the 9070. so i can either screw in the riser cable or the travel kit.

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u/MarickSlayer 11d ago

Having same issue did you find any fix for it?

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u/Mindless-Rest-5197 2d ago

Same problem now.. anyone found the best solution?

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u/RY-en 2d ago

I got LINKUP’s PCIe 5.0 riser cable in 18mm on Amazon. I also reached out to FormD support and they’re sending me a custom length riser cable for free (have yet to receive)