- Oct 7, 2013
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In my rig I have a Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX motherboard (http://pcpartpicker.com/product/qLtCmG/gigabyte-motherboard-gab85mds3h), and as you can see in the pictures, the first PCI lane's detaching clip is a bit different from your average clip. Rather than always being available to push and detach no matter how big your graphics card is, this one is tucked under the graphics card when inserted, making it extremely hard to detach the card. I was able to do it before when I swapped out a 750ti for the GTX 960 I currently have in the build, but the 750ti was very small (the MSI type) and after a good 30 minutes of fooling around with an L-wrench trying to push down on the PCI detaching clip, I was able to get the card out. Now with an EVGA GTX 960 SSC (http://pcpartpicker.com/product/kskwrH/evga-video-card-04gp43967kr), as you can see, the card is much longer than the 750ti, making the process of detaching the 960 an extremely difficult one, or at least I can imagine.
Has anyone had this issue with the motherboard I showed above? If so, how did you go about taking out a graphics card you had in it? If not, do you have any advice as to how I could take it out without spending 1 hour+? Would it be worth it to seek out professional help and pay money so I can guarantee the PCI lane or card doesn't get broken?
Any advice is appreciated! Thanks!
Full PC parts list of the rig: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/c2sK4C
Has anyone had this issue with the motherboard I showed above? If so, how did you go about taking out a graphics card you had in it? If not, do you have any advice as to how I could take it out without spending 1 hour+? Would it be worth it to seek out professional help and pay money so I can guarantee the PCI lane or card doesn't get broken?
Any advice is appreciated! Thanks!
Full PC parts list of the rig: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/c2sK4C
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