EggXpert

Hi folks!

I'm just putting together my first PC ever, and I need some help!

I bought a Coolermaster HAF932 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119160) and a HIS Radeon HD5770 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161265).

I'm trying to put the video card in, and there's plenty of room in the case. But the Coolermaster has these "tool-less" things that are supposed to snap in your expansion cards, and the video card has a tiny plastic notch that's perfectly in the way, so while I can set the card in the slot snugly, I can't snap it home, with the result that the backplate of the card is loose instead of nice and tight.

Like I said, I'm completely a novice at this. Are there any experts out there who have any suggestions?

Here's a picture that shows what I'm talking about. Sorry, it's with a cell phone camera, so it's not very good.

Thanks!

 Steve

OK, so, I figured this out on my own.

Wanna know my incredibly technical solution? I just didn't use the toolless thingies. I just screwed the darned thing in, and it's fine.

Sheesh. n00bies. :)

I have 2 HAF 932's as well as other cases that use "toolless/screwless" locking for the add on cards.  In all video card instances I have just screwed them in since even when they do lock in they do not seem very secure to me.  I have never had any issues with the optical drive and hard drive screwless as they seem to work very well.  On the add on card locking the only cards I have felt okay are on small single slot cards, but never on larger cards.

I haven't had much luck with toolless setups on the rear slots either..  Had an Atrix case where the slot clips would "lock in" the card so it wouldn't move side-to-side, but it could still move up-and-down and I certainly didn't like that AT ALL Just pushing a little too firmly on the VGA connector could cause the card to come out of it's seat near the rear slot..  Took the whole set of those slot clips off and just went with screws for everything back there and haven't missed the tool-less slots one bit..  The plastic hot-swap rails for the hard drives work quite well, however.