Request: Case Opening for PCIe Card

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The Framework Desktop has a PCIe 4x slot that is spec-compliant for PCIe 4x cards. However, if a user inserts a PCIe 4x card (e.g., a network card, Oculink card, etc.), the case does not actually have an opening to expose the card’s ports to the back end, which severely limits the utility/uses of having the PCIe 4x slot. I would like to request that Framework provides some way to allow PCIe 4x cards to be installed with their respective ports exposed to the back of the case. This isn’t something that should be reserved for a Framework Desktop 2.0. @David6 had a couple ideas:

@David6

Was some kind of bump-out … considered to allow room for a card? Or maybe a like a little rocket “staging ring” as a shim for the extra space?

Note: This post is a branch from another thread in which forum members were inadvertently talking about two separate ideas.
PCIe Open Ended Slot Request - Framework Desktop - Framework Community

@BigT

I think people are talking about two different things in this thread.

Some folks are talking about having the slot itself open-ended, so that longer, 8X cards can be inserted, but will simply run at 4X speeds.

Others are talking about having an opening in the back of the Framework case, so that cards can be installed in the 4X slot, in the Framework case.

To note, I am referring specifically to the bolded/italicized portion of what @BigT mentioned above.