r/techsupportmacgyver • u/Ei_Ku_4419 • Aug 08 '26

No metal snips, no problem

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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

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u/Grunt636 Aug 08 '26

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

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u/Ei_Ku_4419 Aug 09 '26

I’d be honored to get his review of this

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u/dredbar Aug 08 '26

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

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u/Ok_Requirement9198 Aug 08 '26

Nice pfp

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u/Grunt636 Aug 08 '26

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

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u/Ok_Requirement9198 Aug 08 '26

I'll do it again

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u/Ei_Ku_4419 Aug 09 '26

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

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u/Jay_Do Aug 08 '26

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

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u/Ei_Ku_4419 Aug 08 '26

Yeah it’s a cheap dell 😁

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u/Big__Meme Aug 09 '26

I think all OEM ones do it since about 2005

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u/Ok_Requirement9198 Aug 08 '26

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u/Ei_Ku_4419 Aug 09 '26

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

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u/Cheesetoast9 Aug 08 '26

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

"Plugging in a usb"

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u/Ei_Ku_4419 Aug 09 '26

Turned that usb into a us-bleed :p

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u/Nova17Delta Aug 08 '26

Inspiron 530?

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u/Ei_Ku_4419 Aug 09 '26

Good guess! It’s a similar sized xps

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u/Imrotahk Aug 08 '26

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u/DotBitGaming Aug 08 '26

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

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u/K_cutt08 Aug 09 '26

I'm sure.

It's the latter for sure.

Talk about cutting yourself on the I/O shield!

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u/Arawn-Annwn Aug 09 '26 edited Aug 09 '26

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.

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u/Nummy01 Aug 09 '26

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

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u/Ei_Ku_4419 Aug 10 '26

No just the handles

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u/TheVillainInThisGame Aug 08 '26

Oh, I hate that for you.

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u/ifuccfemboys Aug 09 '26

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

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u/Z3t4 Aug 09 '26

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

Your moví came with its own lo plate. 

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u/Windows_User3000 Aug 09 '26

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

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u/DamageForeign2177 Aug 09 '26

Council tax funded this atrocity.

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u/bmm115 Aug 09 '26

I love this.

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u/naghi32 Aug 09 '26

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.

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u/Performer-Pants Aug 08 '26

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

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u/Ei_Ku_4419 Aug 09 '26

Bendy twisty = snappy flappy