Thanks, Larry - I am contemplating this. The other cards have the
connectors turned 90 degrees. The card that had the connectors that were
blocked by the case could be modified to fit in a low profile case - so
they rotated the connectors to decrease the footprint. I never
considered that they would not fit in my case and after purchasing the
card revisited the listing on Amazon and did not see any note about
needing a special case for the card. I do not have a grinder and I am
not sure that the cut and bend approach will work - so I think I need a
card with the slots in the right orientation.
Mark
On 7/28/2015 1:47 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
Mark C wrote:
I have hung onto the working card so far, but I am a little concerned
about the prospect of metal filings in the case.
I don't know how usb connectors would fit in other cards in the same
slot and not the one that works. If the hole is too small for the
connectors on one card, it'll be too small with all of them. Unless
they are turned 90 degrees I suppose.
This is a somewhat overcautious way of going about it:
Unplug the case.
Get a sheet of aluminum foil (unlike saran wrap it won't build up a
static charge) and cover everything but the hole you want to grind out.
Grind the slot out wide enough.
Remove the aluminum foil in such a way that you don't drop swarf into
the computer.
Take some canned air and blow the case out.
Plan B:
Take photos of everything.
Remove the mobo.
grind the slot
Blow the dust off the mobo.
Put things back, but neater than they had been run last time.
You may want to make sure you match up the sata cables with the same
slots as before.
Plan B2:
Similar to above, but replace the mobo.
Plan C:
Take vice grips and bend the metal between the holes out of the way.
It might take a couple of slight notches with a hacksaw, but would
create less swarf.
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