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What's this plastic on the I/O cover?

Hopper64
Level 15

‎06-22-2016 08:10 AM - last edited on ‎03-06-2024 02:06 AM by Community Admin

I guess this is to be removed? Seems like it's stuck in the I/O shield.

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Hopper64
Level 15

‎06-22-2016 08:16 AM

Wonder if Arne is hiding Kirk in there?
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erix_jansen
Level 7

‎06-22-2016 08:23 AM

LOL. Remove it, otherwise it will melt when you bench OC'ed! :cool:
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Hopper64
Level 15

‎06-22-2016 08:42 AM

It's stuck. Guess I'm not pulling hard enough.
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Hopper64
Level 15

‎06-22-2016 09:16 AM

I see the same plastic tab here:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/10434/asus-at-computex-2016-the-10-years-of-the-republic-of-gamers-rog...
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jrmcdou
Level 10

‎06-22-2016 11:12 AM

Yeah it's difficult to get out. I don't know who's bright idea that was. I got most of it out except a little bit on the side that is stuck in there. You can't see it. It won't melt otherwise your LED would melt with it. Mine doesn't even get warm.
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cekim
Level 11

‎06-23-2016 09:31 AM

Asus seems to have a thing for tough to remove plastic protective layers for shipping... I never did get all the scraps of my wireless router.
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jrmcdou
Level 10

‎06-23-2016 10:18 AM

Also look on top of the middle block that says Republic of Gamers. There is a little white tab that sticks out from behind on the top of it. I have no idea what it is but I'm not pulling on it.
Rampage VI Extreme bios 1503
Core i9 7980XE @ 4.4ghz all cores
64 gb Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 3600
2x RTX 2080 Ti FE NvLink/SLI
2x Samsung 970 Pro 1tb NVME
Corsair AX1600i
Corsair 1000D case
1x Dell U3818DW 38" Curved Ultrawide and 2x Dell S2716DG 27" 1ms GSYNC 2560x1440 144 hz
Win 10 Pro x64
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linxeye
Level 8

‎06-26-2016 03:40 AM

Same plastic there buddy. Didn't find a way to remove it (without tearing the whole thing). It's just stuck. What happened ? 😮
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toronto699
Level 13

‎06-26-2016 05:42 AM

Wait till u see the Asus 1080 and 1070 , the plastic is under the screw heads on the graphic cards , in the manufacture process the plastic is applied first then the screws or covers. Automation. for the asus 1080 and 1070 the only way to fully remove the plastic from under the screw heads is to remove the screws
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