I'm surprised no company has jumped into the aftermarket replacement ATX shield business yet. It would require an up-front investment, but a lot of people are looking for those things, so the market for this could be quite big.

Good luck with your search.

I have a bag with about 50 different shields in it. And no less than four systems ranging between 15 and 5 years old with no fitting shield 😦

My partner occasionally mumbles about her wanting to buy a 3D printer. Mostly I'm underwhelmed by what they can do and the economics of it - but if we get one I am so printing I/O shields with it.

That metal is so thin it can be cut with nail scissors. Consider buying a blank and making your own holes.

Errius wrote:

That metal is so thin it can be cut with nail scissors. Consider buying a blank and making your own holes.

Which of course leads to the question: where could one source blank ATX I/O shields? 😀

They don't appear to be that common either. Occasionally, they pop up on eBay.

Also, if you happen to have a 3D printer, or know someone (or a company) that can 3D-print one for you, you can find a design for it on Thingiverse here:

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2219188

Of course, you would have to wrap aluminum foil over it or something, since it would be printed with plastic. Unless you can find a way to directly print one in metal. But that might prove so costly, that perhaps it would be better to crowdfund a campaign or start a project here on Vogons to have a sizeable number of them manufactured in China or something. 😀

SuperMicro makes/sells blank I/O shields.
https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=0Z … blank+io+shield

Or you can get blank ones from China for even cheaper... $2 for 2 of them with free shipping:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/2PCS-I-O-Shield-No-A … Y-/142654561144

Another listing for $1.90 for 2 of them with free shipping:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/2PCS-I-O-Shield-No-A … IY/142889002781

For any that I can't find, I usually just make my own using disposable foil baking / roasting trays and a #10A scalpel blade - just make sure the trays are conductive.

digger wrote:

I'm surprised no company has jumped into the aftermarket replacement ATX shield business yet. It would require an up-front investment, but a lot of people are looking for those things, so the market for this could be quite big.

I think the biggest problem would be getting accurate specs for all the motherboard models out there.

shamino wrote:

digger wrote:

I'm surprised no company has jumped into the aftermarket replacement ATX shield business yet. It would require an up-front investment, but a lot of people are looking for those things, so the market for this could be quite big.

I think the biggest problem would be getting accurate specs for all the motherboard models out there.

The other problem is that there would be very low demand for each different I/O layout.

From the business side, it would not be worth it to even bother making the shields.