Broken PCIE slot!

[Nbsqtr3]

i Bought a used motherboard when I was building my pc and the pcie x16 slot was broken and the pins were showing. So yesterday I wanted to try and cut to so I touched the pins and all of a sudden my pc shut down. It started up again but shut down immediately. (MSI X99A SLI PLUS)

[Ravendarat]

Did you short the pins while the PC was plugged in and turned on?

[Windows7ge]

So the pins were partially exposed and you decided to cut them? Why did you do it while it was still powered on?

[Chronified]

Power short and safety shut off. 
Unplug the PSU, uncross the pins, hold the power button for 15 seconds, plug it back in. 

Pray you didn't fry anything when you shorted it.

[Nbsqtr3]

13 minutes ago, Windows7ge said:

So the pins were partially exposed and you decided to cut them? Why did you do it while it was still powered on?

I didn’t cut them all I did was touch one of them and I think I moved it a bit 

[Nbsqtr3]

14 minutes ago, Chronified said:

Power short and safety shut off. 
Unplug the PSU, uncross the pins, hold the power button for 15 seconds, plug it back in. 

Pray you didn't fry anything when you shorted it.

I just did and everything turned on for a millisecond then turned off.

[Windows7ge]

Just now, Nbsqtr3 said:

I didn’t cut them all I did was touch one of them and I think I moved it a bit 

Well, it was probably short circuit protection. I have that motherboard albeit not 2nd hand and in better condition. Did you try unplugging the computer for a min then plugging it back in? See if it behaves?

[Windows7ge]

Just now, Nbsqtr3 said:

I just did and everything turned on for a millisecond then turned off.

Alright, could we get a picture of the exposed area? How extensive of damage are we talking?

[Nbsqtr3]

15 minutes ago, Windows7ge said:

Alright, could we get a picture of the exposed area? How extensive of damage are we talking?

https://imgur.com/gallery/3s8Sv98

[Windows7ge]

1 minute ago, Nbsqtr3 said:

https://imgur.com/gallery/3s8Sv98

Oh, wow yeah that's a big problem. It's not just a crack the whole slot is gone.

 

I don't know the pin-out of PCI_e but it's assumable most of those are not common to each other. You'll need to meticulously make sure none of them are touching each other before powering the computer on again. That's definitely where the problem is.

[WWicket]

You could probably desolder it from the back side with some flux and wick to remove the pins and get a better view of whether any of the traces are damaged etc. (Heat/isopropyl/antistatic brush to remove conformal coating first). 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G__Ry0-wXjA

[Nbsqtr3]

50 minutes ago, Windows7ge said:

Oh, wow yeah that's a big problem. It's not just a crack the whole slot is gone.

 

I don't know the pin-out of PCI_e but it's assumable most of those are not common to each other. You'll need to meticulously make sure none of them are touching each other before powering the computer on again. That's definitely where the problem is.

They have been touching each other for a whole month and nothing ever happened. I unplugged my PC because i am in school now and when i come back i will turn it back on and hope for the best.

[Windows7ge]

9 minutes ago, Nbsqtr3 said:

They have been touching each other for a whole month and nothing ever happened. I unplugged my PC because i am in school now and when i come back i will turn it back on and hope for the best.

That's not a great way of looking at it. That's like sticking a fork in a toaster every morning because it hasn't shocked you yet. When dealing with something like this the wind could blow into your room and be enough to take it out. Hardware that has damage like this but still works is very fickle. You might think it's fine when it's really not.

[Nbsqtr3]

15 minutes ago, Windows7ge said:

That's not a great way of looking at it. That's like sticking a fork in a toaster every morning because it hasn't shocked you yet. When dealing with something like this the wind could blow into your room and be enough to take it out. Hardware that has damage like this but still works is very fickle. You might think it's fine when it's really not.

Is the only component that can get fried is my mobo? or can my gpu or cpu get fried also. I really dont want anything breaking!!!

[Nbsqtr3]

7 hours ago, Windows7ge said:

That's not a great way of looking at it. That's like sticking a fork in a toaster every morning because it hasn't shocked you yet. When dealing with something like this the wind could blow into your room and be enough to take it out. Hardware that has damage like this but still works is very fickle. You might think it's fine when it's really not.

Just came back from school and turned my pc on and it’s all working except the fans aren’t spinning and my monitor doesn’t detect the pc. Sorry for all the problems!

[shaz2sxy]

This must be a joke??

[Windows7ge]

9 hours ago, Nbsqtr3 said:

Is the only component that can get fried is my mobo? or can my gpu or cpu get fried also. I really dont want anything breaking!!!

Well that slot has a direct path to the CPU. The pins to the left supply power while most to the right supply data. If the pins you touched shorted 12V to your CPU then all I can say is R.I.P.

 

2 hours ago, Nbsqtr3 said:

Just came back from school and turned my pc on and it’s all working except the fans aren’t spinning and my monitor doesn’t detect the pc. Sorry for all the problems!

All you can do now is disconnect power, trim those pins, make sure none are touching each-other any longer and pray.

 

Really cutting those should have been the first thing you did when the board showed up.

[Mister Woof]

broken electrical pins?

 

power still on?

 

HMB

[Nbsqtr3]

2 hours ago, shaz2sxy said:

This must be a joke??

Unfortunately it isn’t one

[Falkentyne]

I hope you learned your lesson here.

[Nbsqtr3]

1 hour ago, Falkentyne said:

I hope you learned your lesson here.

Yup. idk if i should post again to solve my other frickin problem or call a pc expert but in my country they r expensive (Rly rly expensive) so i just post to forums!

[Tagara]

9 hours ago, Nbsqtr3 said:

Yup. idk if i should post again to solve my other frickin problem or call a pc expert but in my country they r expensive (Rly rly expensive) so i just post to forums!

Might as well post on forums. Seems you've gotten most of your answers regarding the problem here. You don't want the pins to touch each other, if the right ones just so happens to connect you might take out your CPU, just as an example.

 

If I were you I'd look for a new board instead of risking it, even if you for some reason decide to manually re-arrange the pins so they don't touch.

[ObliviationGNx]

i would say just get a new board........... it's way too time consuming just to de-solder these.... 

[Bishop Crane]

Sad thing is I've seen this and fixed something like this before.
If you yank your graphics card out hard enough without opening the retainer catch on the slot, I would say easy done, but only if you're the hulk.

 

There are 3 ways to fix it.

1.  Make sure none of the pins are touching.  Bend them, cover them individually in tape or something, whatever is easiest for you

 

2.  Cut them off.  Just be careful not to damage surrounding components, and make sure that the stumps aren't touching.

 

3.  De-solder them.  The hardest and most time consuming, but the best possibly outcome.

 

 

I went for option 2 because well, its the easiest.  Make sure you catch all of the metal offcuts so they don't damage anything.
Just pray that shorting the board hasn't damaged anything further.

[Nbsqtr3]

On 9/23/2019 at 10:01 AM, Bishop Crane said:

Sad thing is I've seen this and fixed something like this before.
If you yank your graphics card out hard enough without opening the retainer catch on the slot, I would say easy done, but only if you're the hulk.

 

There are 3 ways to fix it.

1.  Make sure none of the pins are touching.  Bend them, cover them individually in tape or something, whatever is easiest for you

 

2.  Cut them off.  Just be careful not to damage surrounding components, and make sure that the stumps aren't touching.

 

3.  De-solder them.  The hardest and most time consuming, but the best possibly outcome.

 

 

I went for option 2 because well, its the easiest.  Make sure you catch all of the metal offcuts so they don't damage anything.
Just pray that shorting the board hasn't damaged anything further.

It hasn’t done any damage to the gpu or anything on the mobo so I don’t think my cpu is damaged. But when I turn my pc on my monitor detects it and turns on but then there is no response and it goes back to sleep mode