Jump to content

I messed up

Russellbbbb
By Russellbbbb
in Troubleshooting
 Share
Go to solution Solved by SpookyCitrus,

With the pins having been pulled out, I'd scrap it. Get a new motherboard, possibly even GPU as the reason you were removing it in the first place sounds like GPU artifacting. 

Posted

Hello All,

 

As my title says,  I messed up.  I was having some issues with my graphics card with lines on the screen.  My thought was to clean the card and maybe paste it.  However, I messed up and with little effort I pulled out the PCI slot completely.

 

Correct me if I am wrong but the motherboard is not fixable?  
 

Thank you in advance

Link to comment
https://linustechtips.com/topic/1583564-i-messed-up/
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Author
14 minutes ago, StalePie42 said:

Is anything broken? As in snapped or fatigued plastic/metal, because from the picture it looks like you might be able to just slide the plastic cover back over the pins.

Do you think there is a risk of shorting out my GPU?

Link to comment
https://linustechtips.com/topic/1583564-i-messed-up/#findComment-16529329
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
4 minutes ago, Russellbbbb said:

Do you think there is a risk of shorting out my GPU?

If a power pin is misaligned, it could send voltage into a place where it doesn't belong and do damage, yes.

If you have a cheap card that you don't care about, I'd recommend testing with that first, or check really thoroughly that all the pins are where they are supposed to be.

English is not my first language, so please excuse any confusion or misunderstandings on my end, also I like to edit my posts a lot.

 

F@H-Stats

The Rigs:

Xenon:

CPU: 2x Xeon E5 2690 V3

RAM: 64GB DDR4 2133 RDIMM

MoBo: Supermicro X10DRi-T4+

Hydroxide:

CPU: Ryzen 5 5600

GPU: RTX 3080 12GB

RAM: 48GB DDR4 3200 UDIMM

MoBo: ASRock B550M Pro4

 

The Laptop (Lenovo Legion 5 15IAH7):

CPU: Core i5 12500H

RAM: 16GB (2x8GB) DDR5-4800

GPU: RTX 3050 Ti mobile

OS: Windows 11 Home

 

The Tablet:

Dell Latitude 7212 Rugged Extreme Tablet (Core i5 8350U/8GB RAM)

OS: Windows 11 Pro

 

 

.- -- --- --. ..- ...

 

 

 

🧀 

Link to comment
https://linustechtips.com/topic/1583564-i-messed-up/#findComment-16529331
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Author
6 minutes ago, Average Nerd said:

If a power pin is misaligned, it could send voltage into a place where it doesn't belong and do damage, yes.

If you have a cheap card that you don't care about, I'd recommend testing with that first, or check really thoroughly that all the pins are where they are supposed to be.

Unfortunately I only have a 3060 ti which I don’t want to ruin.

Link to comment
https://linustechtips.com/topic/1583564-i-messed-up/#findComment-16529341
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
29 minutes ago, StalePie42 said:

Is anything broken? As in snapped or fatigued plastic/metal, because from the picture it looks like you might be able to just slide the plastic cover back over the pins.

Besides the two pins stuck in the plastic? I would not just slide that back onto the motherboard and call it good.

I'm not actually trying to be as grumpy as it seems.

I will find your mentions of Ikea or Gnome and I will /s post. 

Project Hot Box

CPU 13900k, Motherboard Gigabyte Aorus Elite AX, RAM CORSAIR Vengeance 4x16gb 5200 MHZ, GPU Zotac RTX 4090 Trinity OC, Case Fractal Pop Air XL, Storage Sabrent Rocket Q4 2tb, CORSAIR Force Series MP510 1920GB NVMe, CORSAIR FORCE Series MP510 960GB NVMe, PSU CORSAIR HX1000i, Cooling Corsair XC8 CPU block, Bykski GPU block, 360mm and 280mm radiator, Displays Odyssey G9, LG 34UC98-W 34-Inch,Keyboard Mountain Everest Max, Mouse Mountain Makalu 67, Sound AT2035, Massdrop 6xx headphones, Go XLR 

Oppbevaring

CPU i9-9900k, Motherboard, ASUS Rog Maximus Code XI, RAM, 48GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB 3200 mhz (2x16)+(2x8) GPUs Asus ROG Strix 2070 8gb, PNY 1080, Nvidia 1080, Case Mining Frame, 2x Storage Samsung 860 Evo 500 GB, PSU Corsair RM1000x and RM850x, Cooling Asus Rog Ryuo 240 with Noctua NF-12 fans

 

Why is the 5800x so hot?

 

 

Link to comment
https://linustechtips.com/topic/1583564-i-messed-up/#findComment-16529346
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Solution

With the pins having been pulled out, I'd scrap it. Get a new motherboard, possibly even GPU as the reason you were removing it in the first place sounds like GPU artifacting. 

Main Desktop: CPU - i9-14900k | Mobo - Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX | GPU - PNY Gaming OC RTX 5080 16GB | RAM - Corsair Vengeance Pro RGB 64GB 6400mhz | AIO - Arctic Liquid Freezer III 360mm | PSU - Corsair RM1000X | Case - Hyte Y40 - White | Storage - Samsung 980 Pro 1TB Nvme /  Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus 4TB Nvme / Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB Nvme / Samsung 870 EVO 4TB SSD / Samsung 870 QVO 2TB SSD/ Samsung 860 EVO 500GB SSD|

 

TV Streaming PC: Intel Nuc CPU - i7 13th Gen | RAM - 16GB DDR4 3200mhz | Storage - Crucial P3 Plus 1TB Nvme |

 

Phone: Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra - Black 256GB |

 

Link to comment
https://linustechtips.com/topic/1583564-i-messed-up/#findComment-16529378
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
1 hour ago, Russellbbbb said:

Sorry I should have included pictures with the post

 

 

Congratulations!  You are getting a new motherboard :=)
Sarcasm aside.

 

I have never seen this been done, this is quite the strange incident!

I wouldn't trust to put the GPU back in the slot if you manage to slide it back onto the pins.

Link to comment
https://linustechtips.com/topic/1583564-i-messed-up/#findComment-16529418
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
  • 2 weeks later...

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing Troubleshooting

×