Purchasing I/O Shield for motherboard?

[Da_Banig]

Hi guys, does anyone knows a good website to purchase I/O shield for the motherboard? I am getting a refurbished motherboard, so it only comes with nothing else beside the board itself, but I need to find the I/O shield. Thanks

 

[JonathanDeane]

wow thats a tough one... I guess you could make one ? (it would be a PITA) You have some old one laying around ? they are all nearly custom so I doubt they would work outright but maybe with a little snipping and clipping ?

Edit:Also maybe you could email tech support of the manufacturer and they would send you one for a fee or maybe even free ? (call the phone number and complain it didnt come in the box maybe they will send it ?)

 

[Da_Banig]

Ya werd, that's a tough one lol, I don't have to tools to make one.

 

[ih8makingupnames]

If it is an Intel board then.

http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/CS-009031.htm

Gigabyte

http://tw.giga-byte.com/Products/Motherboard/AccessoryList.aspx

What is the motherboard? that might make this easier.

 

[Da_Banig]

Its an Asus P5WD2 Premium

 

[GherkinPekul]

I had one board that didn't come with a shield.
I zip tied another fan in front of the hole, but that's just me.
You could try aluminum flashing from the hardware store. You can cut that out with a razor knife. Good luck.

 

[ih8makingupnames]

This looks like what you are looking for.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ASUS-P5WD2-E-Premium-MotherBoard-IO-BackPlate-235_W0QQitemZ8789967238QQcategoryZ3666QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem

 

[BGP_Spook]

I had an RMA that never came back with an IO shield.

So I took some paper and scissors and after about 45 minutes worth of grunting, snipping, and fitting I had myself an IO shield.
I threw it away a few months later.

 

[MaximRecoil]

Cases generally come with a fairly standard I/O shield. The one that came with my old Antec case was a perfect match for my Asus A7A266, so I didn't need to use the one that came with it. Of course, that was just a luck of the draw thing.

 

[nigelf]

leave it off.

Its not really important anyway. Depending on the cooling config it can slightly decrease the efficency and defenetely increase the amoount of dust in your pc.

Before you pay for something, leave it off

 

[xboomerx2]

I Purchased I/O Shield for my ASUS motherboard on EBAY.
Thanks