So, i recently just purchased a Gigabyte Geforce GTX 1060. I was installing it ok until i ran into a problem. I have 2 ram slots and the pegs on the side of my video card stick out just enough to stop my graphics card from going in to the slot. the peg is litterally less than a centimeter too long for the card to enter the slot. The peg is made out of a hard plastic. Does anyone have any remedies or suggestions? Any help would be appreciated so i can start using my new card ASAP.
RAM release peg/clip is blocking my graphics card
- Thread starter edog0601
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Luminary :
Looks like you're trying to mod a pre-built PC which wasn't designed to support that size of graphics card.
Unless there is another x16 slot further down on the motherboard I don't believe that GPU will work with your current setup.
Unless there is another x16 slot further down on the motherboard I don't believe that GPU will work with your current setup.
Do you think there is anyway i can widow down that little pin? It litterally is barely blocking it and if you widdle it down just a bit the card will definitely fit.
Luminary
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You might be able to manage it, but definitely take the RAM and other components out first.
The BEST advice is obviously to get a new motherboard & case...but if that is out of the question at the moment and you're willing to take the risk of bricking your motherboard then you could certainly try filing the tabs down a bit.
If you're VERY careful you shouldn't damage anything on the motherboard by filing the tabs down slightly, but again the best option would be to get hardware that fully supported the components you are trying to use.
The BEST advice is obviously to get a new motherboard & case...but if that is out of the question at the moment and you're willing to take the risk of bricking your motherboard then you could certainly try filing the tabs down a bit.
If you're VERY careful you shouldn't damage anything on the motherboard by filing the tabs down slightly, but again the best option would be to get hardware that fully supported the components you are trying to use.
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