Interesting problem with pcie slot

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A while back I built a pc for a buddy of mine, since then he had re assembled it into another case *without my help*. He then sold it shortly after to another friend of mine, when he took it home, it wouldnt run any games. Long story short, when my friend rebuilt the computer, he didnt screw the graphics card in and the computer was a total mess. The gpu was sitting ontop of the pcie slot and wouldnt post (Obviously). I rebuilt it and have tested the ram, cpu, and power supply in that motherboard. I am unsure if it is safe to throw a different card in it to test the pcie slot seeing how it could have done quite a bit of electrical damage. Im assuming the card is fried but am gonna test it when I can. Any ideas on the motherboard though?

Another odd thing is that after plugging in the gpu turning it on to test post, turning it off and removing it. It wont post unless I take all the ram out except for dimm slot 1, get post, turn off, put the ram back in and start it back up again. Thoughts?
 
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Hmm, components are pretty robust, it would be surprising if it falling out during transport would have killed it. Anything is possible, though. Falling out while running or having a spark gap could easily have done it.

Re-assembly of the GPU might be worth a go if the Cooler is dislodged or it damaged the memory or a GPU. Could also have lost something off the VRMs.

Do you have any other less critical PCIe card you can plug into the slot? Just to see if it will recognize something? (Assuming the CPU has onboard video anyway)
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Typically I would try complete reassembly as a first step.

For the GPU, does the motherboard only have a single slot?

You can use any length PCIe slot to test any length PCIe card. Normally it is the opposite where you place a short card in a long slot, but the reverse is also true. You can either get a ribbon cable or, if you are lucky, the 1x slots are open ended on the back. If not, you can open the back of the slot up yourself. All that if you don't want to replace the motherboard or risk a known good motherboard to test a potentially faulty GPU.
 
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Hmm, components are pretty robust, it would be surprising if it falling out during transport would have killed it. Anything is possible, though. Falling out while running or having a spark gap could easily have done it.

Re-assembly of the GPU might be worth a go if the Cooler is dislodged or it damaged the memory or a GPU. Could also have lost something off the VRMs.

Do you have any other less critical PCIe card you can plug into the slot? Just to see if it will recognize something? (Assuming the CPU has onboard video anyway)
 
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