Scratch on motherboard

[Darkness_Val]

So I tried to take out my Graphics card by using a butterknife to release the clasp holding it in. I had a Dark Rock Pro 4 Heatsink so I couldn't fit my fingers in. I left 2 scratches and I think I got a trace too but you can barely feel it with your finger. Should I still be concerned?

[Mateyyy]

I mean, there's no way to tell for sure until you test it, but if I had to guess it'll work as normal. You don't seem to have touched any traces on the surface level of the PCB.

 

Please use something else for this kind of stuff from now on though.

[Darkness_Val]

5 minutes ago, Mateyyy said:

 

 

Please use something else for this kind of stuff from now on though.

Thanks Mateyyy. believe me, after the week I had, I most definitely will start taking better care of my PC. I actually did hit a trace but I dont know what I caused unless I put do a full testbench. It does power on like normal though.

[Mateyyy]

1 minute ago, Darkness_Val said:

Thanks Mateyyy. believe me, after the week I had, I most definitely will start taking better care of my PC. I actually did hit a trace but I dont know what I caused unless I put do a full testbench. It does power on like normal though.

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Oh, I actually didn't notice the second scratch in the first image.

The best thing to do would be testing it out. Hopefully it turns out to run fine.

[Moonzy]

doesnt seem like any traces were damaged, if they work, they work

 

death to pcie locks _{this was posted by big heatsink gang}

or at least make it a manual lock, because i dont see a point of locking my gpu if my system doesnt move