Case Back Plate

binj112 · 07-19-2005, 10:27 PM

Hey all,

My motherboard is an ATX one so i made sure I bought an ATX case too. When both arrived i attempted to attatch the motherboard into it. At my dismay, the I/O plate does not match up with my sound connectors. While messing around with it I found that my back plate could be took off quite easily. Do you really need a back plate at all?

Cheers

Ben

**dragon2309** · 07-19-2005, 10:45 PM

The backplate that is on the case when you buy it is just a generic one, that is put onto all cases, you should have recieved a proper one when you bought your mobo. If you didnt then i would seriously think about complianing.

In answer to "do you relly need it", its not crucial to the system booting up but it stops dust and stops you accidentally poking a wire in there and frying the mobo, plus it looks nicer.

dragon2309

**The_Other_One** · 07-19-2005, 10:46 PM

You mobo should of come with it's own plate...but no, it's not really nessesary. It probably helps a bit with cooling and keeping dust out, but that's all. Heck, put tape around it if you want

binj112 · 07-19-2005, 10:47 PM

i bought the mobo off of ebay so I didnt expect much really, I can buy one off of there for about 2 quid anyway. But cheers anyway for your input.

Ben

07-19-2005, 10:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
binj112 Bronze Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 34	Case Back Plate Hey all, My motherboard is an ATX one so i made sure I bought an ATX case too. When both arrived i attempted to attatch the motherboard into it. At my dismay, the I/O plate does not match up with my sound connectors. While messing around with it I found that my back plate could be took off quite easily. Do you really need a back plate at all? Cheers Ben

07-19-2005, 10:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
dragon2309 P.I Dragon Join Date: May 2005 Location: KENT, UK Age: 20 Posts: 8,430	The backplate that is on the case when you buy it is just a generic one, that is put onto all cases, you should have recieved a proper one when you bought your mobo. If you didnt then i would seriously think about complianing. In answer to "do you relly need it", its not crucial to the system booting up but it stops dust and stops you accidentally poking a wire in there and frying the mobo, plus it looks nicer. dragon2309 __________________ Intel Core2Duo E6600 @ 3.1Ghz - (__CPU__) eVGA 680i SLi - (__MOB__) 4Gb Corsair Dominator DDR2-800 (4x1024Mb) - (__RAM__) 250Gb Western Digital SATAII 7200rpm - (__HDD__) nVidia BFG 8800GTS OC 320Mb - (__GFX__) LG DVD+/-RW 18x DVD-RAM - (__OPT__) Triple Boot - [XP Pro] + [Vista Ultimate] + [Ubuntu 7.10] - (__OS__) [3DMARK'03 :: 25,587] --- [3DMARK'05 :: 13,989] --- [3DMARK'06 :: 8791] - (__BENCHMARKS__) dragon2309.co.uk - a little slice of geek

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The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 23 Posts: 12,368	You mobo should of come with it's own plate...but no, it's not really nessesary. It probably helps a bit with cooling and keeping dust out, but that's all. Heck, put tape around it if you want __________________ Desktop * Athlon X2 4200 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| 7600GT Laptop1 * C2D T5550 \| 3G RAM \| 120G HD \| Intel x3100 Laptop2 * C2D T5250 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| Intel x3100

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07-19-2005, 10:47 PM	#4 (permalink)
binj112 Bronze Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 34	i bought the mobo off of ebay so I didnt expect much really, I can buy one off of there for about 2 quid anyway. But cheers anyway for your input. Ben