SLI Teeth exposed to open air, will this be a problem when I do get a second graphics card?

Jeremy Hebeda

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So I recently put together a new PC build, and in my excitement to put all the pieces in, I took off the SLI teeth cover on my video card. Rookie mistake.

Eventually I would like to run SLI on this build when I have enough cash to afford the second GPU , however my current card has had its SLI teeth exposed to open air for a few weeks now. I know dust can be an issue with these kind of things, so have I prevented myself from running SLI with this current card, or would I be able to safely clean off this portion of my card when I do get a second one?
 

Jeremy Hebeda

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Okay, thanks. Just wanted to cover my bases, I'm fairly inexperienced when it comes to PC building.
 

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Just out of curiosity, how long would it take for any damage? Its likely going to be a couple months more before I can afford the new card.