Run mobo w/o sata ports, saw off upper sata port on vertical dual sata ports

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1. Generally, can you desolder sata ports from a motherboard, and then run it safely?

2. I plan on getting Intel DZ68BC, it has vertical stacked sata ports at the side of the card, that will block my graphics card, Rather than desoldering, I want to keep the port-components on, but reduce their height by cutting down the uppermost ports on each dual-port component with a moddeling/snap off blade-knife or such. If I don't harm the motherboard in the process, will it work, or will it mess up the circuitry somehow?

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I have no way to predict that. If this is a concern, then you should find a different motherboard. There are lots to choose from....
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I would be shocked if the problem you think will happen actually does. The PCIe slot on the motherboard holds the card up some. That motherboard is Intel's extreme motherboard and I would think it was designed for a full size card. I did a google search for "DZ68BC graphics card interference" and didn't see any obvious complaints...
 
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Though I've seen other threads here and elsewhere where users complains about these particullar sata conector components being obtrusive, some have stated the video card fits barely, going into pci-e slot somewhat angled, that doesn't sound too nice to me. but I hope as you say that the problem will not appear.

But should it come to reduce the height of a sata port, that can be done without messing up the motherboard, electronicly-wize, right?, I mean, the plastic sta-com,ponents mounted on the board, is just for holding the cable,a nd forward signal, it does nothing more, is that right?

Were the heavy gaming cards really that long back then when Ivy-bridge was new?
 
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But if I run the PC with a "half-sawed-off-Sata port" or with a sata port missing on the motherboard, that will not cause something to short out, right, or will it?

 
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I have no way to predict that. If this is a concern, then you should find a different motherboard. There are lots to choose from....
 
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In my view, it depends what it looks like inside the port component, I mean if it just forwards the signal from the board to the cable, or does something more. If it doesn't, then removing that component is just like leaving the port empty/ with nothing plugged in, but I'm guessing here.

 
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