- May 16, 2013
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I recently built my first computer, got everything to work great. Then I installed a bottom case fan, it sounded real loud so I thought it was the bottom fan.
I then troubleshooted it until I realized it was the bottom graphics card making the noise not the new fan, and the card didn't register as being there in bios or windows. The video card rear fan just spun at maximum and sounded loud as a blow dryer but didn't work.
I switched the 2 cards out and determined it was the pci slot because both cards work in the top slot but not in the second slot (they do the loud rear fan spinning nothing else).
Upon removing the second card it was real stuck. As in I got the left half loose but the part in the securing bracket wouldn't budge, I used enough force that the whole pci slot came out of the motherboard with the card! I pushed on the securing bracket with a pen tip but just couldn't get it to unlock no matter how much force I tried, trying to loosen it right before this happened.
Im not going to bother to rmi the motherboard, I just ordered a new one pretty much right after this happened. My fault anyways.
Is there anything I can do to put the pci slot back in or something? Or did I screw myself out of $380.00? I feel real stupid right now.
Cm stryker full tower case
I7 6770k processor
Sabertooth z77 motherboard
16gb corsair vengeance 1833 ram
Nvidia gtx 670 ftw in sli
Tx850m powersource
Windows 7 64 bit
I then troubleshooted it until I realized it was the bottom graphics card making the noise not the new fan, and the card didn't register as being there in bios or windows. The video card rear fan just spun at maximum and sounded loud as a blow dryer but didn't work.
I switched the 2 cards out and determined it was the pci slot because both cards work in the top slot but not in the second slot (they do the loud rear fan spinning nothing else).
Upon removing the second card it was real stuck. As in I got the left half loose but the part in the securing bracket wouldn't budge, I used enough force that the whole pci slot came out of the motherboard with the card! I pushed on the securing bracket with a pen tip but just couldn't get it to unlock no matter how much force I tried, trying to loosen it right before this happened.
Im not going to bother to rmi the motherboard, I just ordered a new one pretty much right after this happened. My fault anyways.
Is there anything I can do to put the pci slot back in or something? Or did I screw myself out of $380.00? I feel real stupid right now.
Cm stryker full tower case
I7 6770k processor
Sabertooth z77 motherboard
16gb corsair vengeance 1833 ram
Nvidia gtx 670 ftw in sli
Tx850m powersource
Windows 7 64 bit
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