Eh, no one touches my computer but me. Besides, I don't think it would damage my system and I doubt it would hurt the other device. These things are more robust than people give them credit for. A question I had though. When I was looking for the adapters, I found someone who said the adapter had to...

Hey, glad someone posted this, was having some trouble with my stick. Just wanted to clarify something. What is the GP shield? Is it the outside of the header? I was going to use an old internal pinout DB15 and convert it to a USB pinout so it'll look cleaner. Any help would be appreciated.