Network card not sitting in PCI slot correctly.

[Chief2112]

Just finished my first build and everything went pretty smoothly but my wireless network card wasn't working. I noticed after I opened it back up that in order for my to screw the card in place it made the right side of the card tilt up.

So I just set it in the PCI slot correctly but there's no way for me to screw the card in place. I know my MOBO is set properly. My graphics card fits perfectly.

What could cause this?

 

[RealBeast]

Sometimes the back metal bracket on the wireless card (it happens on pretty much all pci and pcie cards occasionally) is not aligned. There should be a couple small screws on the card that you can loosen and tilt the angle slightly to compensate and correct the misalignment. Then reinstall it and it should sit flush.

 

[Chief2112]

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[Dark Lord of Tech]

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