So I was unplugging everything from the motherboard to give the board a clean because the heat sink and other components get dusty from time to time, by the way the motherboard I have is the 980DE3/U3S3.
I managed to unplug everything from the motherboard except the 8pin connector on the the board, this is the power to the io ports or cpu i think. Usually you press the plastic leaver to remove the 8 pin connector from the motherboard 8 pin socket, so i squeezed the leaver and tried to remove the 8pin connector from the motherboard but it wouldn't come out and was really stiff.
After being persistent the 8 pin cable removed from the socket but some of the plastic from the 8 pin connector is still in the socket, now im worried that i cant use any other psu with the motherboard and was wondering if there is a way to free up the socket in some way shape or form. thanks
image of motherboard - http://www.asrock.com/mb/photo/980DE3U3S3(L1).jpg
the connector looks like this one but damaged - http://thumbs.picclick.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxMjAw/z/21QAAOSwh-1W3DRm/$/8-Pin-30cm-ATX-Board-PSU-Power-Supply-_57.jpg
I managed to unplug everything from the motherboard except the 8pin connector on the the board, this is the power to the io ports or cpu i think. Usually you press the plastic leaver to remove the 8 pin connector from the motherboard 8 pin socket, so i squeezed the leaver and tried to remove the 8pin connector from the motherboard but it wouldn't come out and was really stiff.
After being persistent the 8 pin cable removed from the socket but some of the plastic from the 8 pin connector is still in the socket, now im worried that i cant use any other psu with the motherboard and was wondering if there is a way to free up the socket in some way shape or form. thanks
image of motherboard - http://www.asrock.com/mb/photo/980DE3U3S3(L1).jpg
the connector looks like this one but damaged - http://thumbs.picclick.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxMjAw/z/21QAAOSwh-1W3DRm/$/8-Pin-30cm-ATX-Board-PSU-Power-Supply-_57.jpg
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