Comments on: The Preassembled Machine http://ztkfg.com/2019/12/the-preassembled-machine/ 198.211.113.164 // 6326 273B 61A7 00AF 4CD9 5A7B 8C6C AB19 24A6 4DEC Mon, 20 Apr 2026 08:10:09 +0000 http://polimedia.us hourly 1 By: whaack http://ztkfg.com/2019/12/the-preassembled-machine/#comment-161 whaack Sun, 12 Jan 2020 14:48:25 +0000 http://ztkfg.com/?p=391#comment-161 > From looking up the case briefly it looks like there's supposed to be an attachable cage for HDDs. (The kinda weirdness you get with "compact" designs I guess.) The attachable cages are inside the case. > The missing back cover is called the I/O shield; one purpose is EMI reduction, though perhaps that's a lost cause on a case where a whole side is nonmetallic. It was supposed to come with the motherboard. Yup, they took the manual + sata cables + io shield that came with the motherboard. (They likely only had a used motherboard to sell me.) > From looking up the case briefly it looks like there's supposed to be an attachable cage for HDDs. (The kinda weirdness you get with "compact" designs I guess.)

The attachable cages are inside the case.

> The missing back cover is called the I/O shield; one purpose is EMI reduction, though perhaps that's a lost cause on a case where a whole side is nonmetallic. It was supposed to come with the motherboard.

Yup, they took the manual + sata cables + io shield that came with the motherboard. (They likely only had a used motherboard to sell me.)

]]> By: Jacob Welsh http://ztkfg.com/2019/12/the-preassembled-machine/#comment-160 Jacob Welsh Sun, 12 Jan 2020 04:16:10 +0000 http://ztkfg.com/?p=391#comment-160 From looking up the case briefly it looks like there's supposed to be an attachable cage for HDDs. (The kinda weirdness you get with "compact" designs I guess.) The missing back cover is called the I/O shield; one purpose is EMI reduction, though perhaps that's a lost cause on a case where a whole side is nonmetallic. It was supposed to come with the motherboard. From looking up the case briefly it looks like there's supposed to be an attachable cage for HDDs. (The kinda weirdness you get with "compact" designs I guess.)

The missing back cover is called the I/O shield; one purpose is EMI reduction, though perhaps that's a lost cause on a case where a whole side is nonmetallic. It was supposed to come with the motherboard.

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