Question How to stop a hardware shorting

[diondb]

Hi ok so a very random and non ideal situation I am in. I have recently decided to upgrade my pc. However keeping the old case as all is fine. Now as I am upgrading my motherboard it can support pcie gen 4 and my old riser cable was gen 3. So I bought an additional gen 4 riser cable to swap out.

The old case is the thermaltake p3

I have found an issue that my new riser cable mounting slot is completely different and smaller than the already drilled in spots from the case and can’t fit it in by screwing it in

I am going to just let the riser cable hang while attached to my gpu and that will be attached into the case’s bracket

The question is - I am worried of the pcie cable touching the case and shorting it out. What can I do, I was told to place a rubber sheet under it so if it does come in contact with the case it will be saved by the rubber? Any other options? Thank you so much

 

[Zerk2012]

Hi ok so a very random and non ideal situation I am in. I have recently decided to upgrade my pc. However keeping the old case as all is fine. Now as I am upgrading my motherboard it can support pcie gen 4 and my old riser cable was gen 3. So I bought an additional gen 4 riser cable to swap out.

The old case is the thermaltake p3

I have found an issue that my new riser cable mounting slot is completely different and smaller than the already drilled in spots from the case and can’t fit it in by screwing it in

I am going to just let the riser cable hang while attached to my gpu and that will be attached into the case’s bracket

The question is - I am worried of the pcie cable touching the case and shorting it out. What can I do, I was told to place a rubber sheet under it so if it does come in contact with the case it will be saved by the rubber? Any other options? Thank you so much

How can it short out when the wires are insulated?

 

[diondb]

How can it short out when the wires are insulated?

Just worried about the exposed board under the actual extension slot. I’m not sure just trying to be careful

 

[CountMike]

Just worried about the exposed board under the actual extension slot. I’m not sure just trying to be careful

If no wires touch anything very hot of sharp edges, there should be no problem.

 

[Misgar]

I was told to place a rubber sheet under it so if it does come in contact with the case it will be saved by the rubber? Any other options?

I'd consider a sheet of Kapton tape instead of rubber, because I suspect ordinary rubber might be prone to generating unwanted static charges when rubbed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapton

A piece of rubber from an ESD rubber sheet should be OK.
https://therubbercompany.com/rubber...ene-sheeting-bs490-038-flame-retardant-iso340

Best bet is to secure the GPU card firmly to the chasssis, before applying power. Allowing it to dangle in the riser cable could cause problems. if the card's edge connector moves inside the PCIe socket (which is capable of supplying up to 75W of power at 12V) you could get power "glitches"

 

[ex_bubblehead]

The best solution is to obtain the proper cable in the first place rather than try to shoehorn the wrong part into place. However, it's your system/problem/fire to deal with.