GTX 570 pins missing?

[ezekial]

I have an nvidia GTX 570 and two of the gold pins on the card look like they are broken in half. I was wondering if it is supposed to look like this.

http://tinypic.com/r/2hibel5/6

http://tinypic.com/r/20ppj54/6

I've been trying to figure out why i have static-looking lines on my monitors while I play games.

 

[spentshells]

normal

 

[jryan388]

same