- Nov 17, 2009
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Hey guys, this may be hard to explain but I'll do my best.
Today I went to pull out my graphics card from the PCIE 3.0 x16 slot. I of course first undid the plastic latch thing that holds it in...so I thought. I pulled on it and it wouldn't come out. So I pulled harder and it still wouldn't. I was so convinced that I undid the latch so I pulled harder...bad idea.
I finally undid the latch properly and got the card out. I looked INSIDE the PCIE slot to see if there was any damage. To my horror I actually saw some pins sticking out into the slot. As in, if I look down the middle of the slot, there are two or three pins that are inward (towards the middle of the slot). It was dumb of me, but I put the card back in to try it out. I turned it on and it appears to work fine. I take the card out and guess what? Those pins that were bent inwards put small scratches on the graphics cards gold connectors.
I plugged it back in again and it worked again, and it appears to work fine...but I'm worried maybe that's just an illusion.
If the pins werent connecting properly, would the graphics card even work? Is it safe to keep using it like this, seeing as how i did see a few pins bent and there were scratches on the Graphics cards gold strips? Is any chance this could somehow fry my motherboard and the cpu?
I would include pics but I'm afraid to pull the card out again since it's working. Thank you.
Today I went to pull out my graphics card from the PCIE 3.0 x16 slot. I of course first undid the plastic latch thing that holds it in...so I thought. I pulled on it and it wouldn't come out. So I pulled harder and it still wouldn't. I was so convinced that I undid the latch so I pulled harder...bad idea.
I finally undid the latch properly and got the card out. I looked INSIDE the PCIE slot to see if there was any damage. To my horror I actually saw some pins sticking out into the slot. As in, if I look down the middle of the slot, there are two or three pins that are inward (towards the middle of the slot). It was dumb of me, but I put the card back in to try it out. I turned it on and it appears to work fine. I take the card out and guess what? Those pins that were bent inwards put small scratches on the graphics cards gold connectors.
I plugged it back in again and it worked again, and it appears to work fine...but I'm worried maybe that's just an illusion.
If the pins werent connecting properly, would the graphics card even work? Is it safe to keep using it like this, seeing as how i did see a few pins bent and there were scratches on the Graphics cards gold strips? Is any chance this could somehow fry my motherboard and the cpu?
I would include pics but I'm afraid to pull the card out again since it's working. Thank you.
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