{"id":1408,"date":"2025-05-23T01:40:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T01:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/?p=1408"},"modified":"2025-05-23T01:40:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T01:40:12","slug":"msis-new-pinsafe-design-motherboard-promises-no-more-pricked-fingers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/2025\/05\/23\/msis-new-pinsafe-design-motherboard-promises-no-more-pricked-fingers\/","title":{"rendered":"MSI\u2019s new PinSafe Design motherboard promises no more pricked fingers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Set to debut on the first AMD chipset MPOWER motherboard from MSI, the B850MPOWER.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Seasoned PC DIYers have always had to wear dexterity-stifling gloves or put up with pricked fingers when upgrading a motherboard or putting together a new PC build \u2013 until now. MSI showcased a series of motherboard design tweaks at Computex 2025, including a feature dubbed \u2018PinSafe Design\u2019 which enables users to \u201cavoid injury caused by sharp pins during the assembly process.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The concept here isn\u2019t difficult to grasp, unlike a traditional prickly motherboard. MSI\u2019s mobo manufacturing arm appears to be adopting a far tidier component soldering technique, which results in elegantly flat pads on the reverse of the PCB, rather than forests of spikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Admittedly, this isn\u2019t the greatest of technological achievements, Nevertheless, there might have been some component strength, reliability, or stability concerns preventing such a manufacturing change. So we have a baby step here, which should be welcomed as long as the finished product doesn\u2019t suffer in any way compared to a traditional design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Other touted PinSafe Design benefits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Saving your fingers from pricks and lacerations isn\u2019t the only benefit of PinSafe Design, according to MSI. Likely the result of fevered brainstorming, threaded with some thin strands of truth, MSI says that the PinSafe Design boosts system stability and ESD protection. We think the lack of protruding pins might also give foreign objects less chance of getting caught or jammed between contacts, reducing the potential to create shorts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MSI’s first MPOWER motherboard for AMD processors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The above PinSafe Design looks set to debut on MSI MPOWER series motherboards, designed for enthusiasts and overclockers. MSI is preparing new MPOWER boards, and the B850MPOWER sample we saw was actually the firstAMD-based motherboardfrom MSI to use this set of features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Standard MPOWER features include; leveraging the Dragon Alliance collaboration with memory brands, using only 2x DIMM slots for reliable DDR5 overclocking, and the equipping of the EZ Dashboard which integrates power, reset, clear CMOS, and a debug LED on the board for simpler troubleshooting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Set to debut on the first AMD chipset MPOWER motherboard from MSI, the B850MPOWER. Seasoned PC DIYers have always had to wear dexterity-stifling gloves or put up with pricked fingers when upgrading a motherboard or putting together a new PC build \u2013 until now. MSI showcased a series of motherboard design tweaks at Computex 2025, including a feature … Continue reading MSI\u2019s new PinSafe Design motherboard promises no more pricked fingers<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1408"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1409,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1408\/revisions\/1409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}