I need some help please.

[killercroc]

I accidentally pulled out the plastic placed on the PCI slot which technically means that my pins have been severely damaged. I am talking about the motherboard. And I am going to get a new motherboard, but for the meantime; i'd like to know if my GPU is fine, and I can't know for sure because i am currently left out without a motherboard to test on. My GPU on the other hand has a tiny scratch on the PCI connector which is making me anxious to think that this might have a huge impact on the performance of the card. I have read countless amounts of articles that deny tiny scratches on the PCI, as long as the main chips aren't damaged. I will be sending a picture of the card, its an AMD 7970 Ghz edition.

 

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[UnlimitedTMD]

probably no problem, there is a very tiny chance of it not working tho

[VTF5252]

As long as the  scratch is not going into anything other than traces on the pcb you'll be OK. If the scratch is going threw a component try and see.

[killercroc]

I will be getting a motherboard soon. Is the scratch deep enough to affect anything?

[Minsekt]

I will be getting a motherboard soon. Is the scratch deep enough to affect anything?

 

well we cant see any scratch on the pictures but id say itll still work fine, ive had 2 minor scratches on old gpus too and they worked just fine nothing to worry about

[killercroc]

Ah... I am sooooooo relieved. Thanks guys.