What is this..?

[groovygoodwine]

New build here, not very experienced. I was wondering what this little square piece of metal is sticking out over the socket, never seen this before:
http://imgur.com/eFCPH2k

 

[MauveCloud]

That's a grounding tab. Pull the motherboard out, bend that a bit so that it will stay inside instead of sticking out over the network jack, and re-seat the motherboard, and try to make sure that tab (and others like it for the other connectors) are on top of the connectors instead of in front of them. Or just bend it outward and let it break off, it's not critical.

 

[groovygoodwine]

ugh major fail then, it's all set in place and I saw that little beast.. is that my only option??

 

[groovygoodwine]

Can I just bend it to the side or rip it off, is it absolutely necessary? Everything is locked into place and working smoothly

 

[Someone Somewhere]

You can, but the IO panel won't be quite as well lined up.

 

[MauveCloud]

Can I just bend it to the side or rip it off, is it absolutely necessary? Everything is locked into place and working smoothly

Or just bend it outward and let it break off, it's not critical.

^ Please notice what I said before.

You can, but the IO panel won't be quite as well lined up.

How will removing it mess up the alignment of the IO panel? I don't follow your logic there.

 

[Someone Somewhere]

It sort of holds the panel in place. While the panel will stay roughly in the right place, it might warp away from the board or similar. Cosmetic only.

 

[jb6684]

You built your own PC, what's 10 more minutes to do it right?

You could Try to bend it back and forth enough to get the metal to fatigue and break. But, if it breaks in the wrong place, and you can't plug in your ethernet cable, your screwed. Then you have to take the system apart and file down the metal. Good luck filing that thin piece thou.....

 

[Someone Somewhere]

Just bend it up so that it's not in front of the port.