Hi,
The card is actually mine which im selling as I have 2 of them, cleaning out excessive kit, dont really need two 1200's!
When I bought the card it had the mod done to the wire and ive not had any problems with it. I guess there is a chance of an earthing issue due to the exposed metal around the end of the wire. Insulation tape would rule that out completly or just ensuring the cable is nowhere near the card like I did. Alternatively about £1 at maplin would revert it to its original state.
I made sure I included a close up photo of it however just incase someone got funny after they bought it

regards
Darren