DISASTER - Ripped out PCI-E Slot!

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Hello

So while trying to install an Asus Thunderboltex II card on my Asus X99-Deluxe, I had to move around my GPU to various slots to try to get the Thunderboltex card working (which I was unsuccessful even after 3 hours of trying). While I was going to close up the computer, I decided to move the GPU back to its original slot (dumb idea). This is when the mother of all disaster occurred. When removing the GPU I also ripped out the plastic PCI-E slot!

After taking an hour to calm down, I decided to insert the GPU into one of the remaining attached PCI-E slots and boot up the computer. To my surprise, the computer booted up fine and seems to be working.

I was wondering if I can continue to use the computer as it is with the ripped out PCI-E slot or if I should replace the motherboard despite the fact that it is currently working? Is there any danger in using a computer which has a PCI-E slot ripped out? Will it eventually stop working?

Thanks much.

P.S. For those of you who are curious, when you rip out a PCI-E slot, the little wires make an oh-so-pleasant twanging sound when they become detached one by one.
 
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theoretically it should be fine... the CPU would just look toward those missing 16 lanes of PCIe3.0, and go "hmm, getting some weird complete lack of signal over there... wonder what in god's name happened" and keep clucking along.

glad your board's still working. I would snip off the wires as digitaldoc said, and put a piece of electrical tape over the open wound
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It would take 3 hours for me to calm down. :D

Anyways, I guess it would work, but its extra weird to have a motherboard in that kind of condition.
 
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If the computer is working, I would go with it for now. It could last for a while, and everything breaks eventually anyway. Just make sure there are no wires free in the case. with the computer powered off, I would snip the wires from the PCI slot that got ripped close to the MB so nothing short circuits.
 
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theoretically it should be fine... the CPU would just look toward those missing 16 lanes of PCIe3.0, and go "hmm, getting some weird complete lack of signal over there... wonder what in god's name happened" and keep clucking along.

glad your board's still working. I would snip off the wires as digitaldoc said, and put a piece of electrical tape over the open wound
 
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I actually did the same thing about a week before you did.
My graphics card was messing up so i was moving it to another slot to see if that would help, and I ended up ripping the whole slot out. My stomach churned and i called working on my pc a night. the next morning I got up and took everything out of my rig, verified no pins broke off and just straitened a handful of pins with some tweezers. My wife offered to help put it back on but i declined because if anyone was going to ruin it, it was going to be me. i managed to replace the plastic slot and get all the pins in place using a safety pin to guide them into place. I tested it and it loaded another gpu fine, just not mine. So i replaced the card and all is fine. my bad card actually runs in the x8 slot just not the x16, so i have them crossfired to play around with until i rma it as its technically working, just not in at 16x (tested on another mb as well).
I got insanely lucky tho

The only thing that would worry me about yours it making sure no loose pins are touching. so long as you didnt rip any traces off its fine. the system will just act like there isnt a card in that slot and move on, no abnormalities
 
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