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PCIe cables slipped out, any damage?

Timmy-P
By Timmy-P
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Long story short, after having some problems with my computer I cracked open the case and found that the PCIe power connectors slipped out (what are they officially called, anyway?); one partly in and the other was disconnected completely.  I put them back in and all is well, but I was wondering if there was any damage that may have occurred to the GPU during that episode.

 

Anyone?

 

Edit:  Curse my formatting.

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If the build is working properly, I doubt it.

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Wondering how they "slipped out" considering how they have clips on them...

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Wondering how they "slipped out" considering how they have clips on them...

The clips might be mismatched. I ran into this issue with my ASUS 660 Ti's and my Enermax power supply.

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"I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you" - Edward I. Koch

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Shouldnt have done any damage, but its weird. Its impossible they slip out by themself if installed correct.

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Wondering how they "slipped out" considering how they have clips on them...

Shouldnt have done any damage, but its weird. Its impossible they slip out by themself if installed correct.

I did a CPU+Mobo swap last week, when I reinstalled the GPU I probably put it in 99% of the way and didn't clip.

 

Thanks for the reassurance guys.

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