Bent USB3 Pin

[DominicNikon]

5 minutes ago, brighttail said:

I would say probably not, at least not under warranty.  Bent pins, unless it came like that, isn't usually covered.

That being said, ONE pin out of a thousand shouldn't cause much of an issue if any.  Are you having issues?

 

Most repair places can attempt to bend it back but there is always the possibility of it breaking.  As I stated earlier one pin usually isn't worth the problems.

i have 1 bent pin left corner of my USB 3.0 on my case what should i do about that? i can live with out it but its kinda annoying needing to use 2.0 or the back of the mother board

[brighttail]

1 minute ago, DominicNikon said:

i have 1 bent pin left corner of my USB 3.0 on my case what should i do about that? i can live with out it but its kinda annoying needing to use 2.0 or the back of the mother board

Only thing you can do is try to bend it back straight with tweazers or needle nose pliers.    Always a risk of breaking it, but if it isn't working now, you don't got a lot to lose.

[DominicNikon]

1 minute ago, brighttail said:

Only thing you can do is try to bend it back straight with tweazers or needle nose pliers.    Always a risk of breaking it, but if it isn't working now, you don't got a lot to lose.

can USB 3.0 work with out a pin?

[brighttail]

Depends on which pin.  Each pin is really important normally, whether it be for power transfer or data transfer.  The bigger problem that you would have is if that bent pin shorts on the outside of the cable, it could cause crashes and other things.

[VulcanAndroid]

7 hours ago, brighttail said:

I would say probably not, at least not under warranty.  Bent pins, unless it came like that, isn't usually covered.

That being said, ONE pin out of a thousand shouldn't cause much of an issue if any.  Are you having issues?

 

Most repair places can attempt to bend it back but there is always the possibility of it breaking.  As I stated earlier one pin usually isn't worth the problems.

You would be surprised what one messed up pin will do. You can try it but Im gonna bet that the system (if it will boot) will not be the most stable 

[VulcanAndroid]

7 hours ago, DominicNikon said:

can USB 3.0 work with out a pin?

No. USB requires all of the pins to operate.

 

Make sure your system is off and unplugged then carefully bend the pin back straight. If it wont straighten or breaks off there is always the option to buy a PCI-e USB 3.0 card.

[DominicNikon]

7 hours ago, VulcanAndroid said:

No. USB requires all of the pins to operate.

 

Make sure your system is off and unplugged then carefully bend the pin back straight. If it wont straighten or breaks off there is always the option to buy a PCI-e USB 3.0 card.

can a usb 3.0 pci card have usb 3.0 in the front of the case?

[VulcanAndroid]

1 hour ago, DominicNikon said:

can a usb 3.0 pci card have usb 3.0 in the front of the case?

I believe there are some that have pin-outs to connect front USB ports.

 

Here is one off Newegg for under $20

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816322013&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Hard+Drive+Controllers+%2F+RAID+Cards-_-N82E16816322013&gclid=CjwKEAjwtLO7BRDax4-I4_6G71USJAA6FjN1X_vYbqosA28eZ3zxlzNNy_pOV0cLTvM-vFNVUO3zKBoCxbjw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

[DominicNikon]

1 hour ago, VulcanAndroid said:

I believe there are some that have pin-outs to connect front USB ports.

 

Here is one off Newegg for under $20

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816322013&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Hard+Drive+Controllers+%2F+RAID+Cards-_-N82E16816322013&gclid=CjwKEAjwtLO7BRDax4-I4_6G71USJAA6FjN1X_vYbqosA28eZ3zxlzNNy_pOV0cLTvM-vFNVUO3zKBoCxbjw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

is there a pci card with more then 1 stars?

[WkdPaul]

18 hours ago, DominicNikon said:

i have 1 bent pin left corner of my USB 3.0 on my case what should i do about that? i can live with out it but its kinda annoying needing to use 2.0 or the back of the mother board

 

What do you mean "on my case" ??? Do you mean you have a bend USB 3 pin on the motherboard?

 

If so, try to bend it back, if it break then it's only gonna mean you'll have 1 working USB 3 port instead of 2, the USB 3 header always is for 2 ports. So at worst you'll only have 1 port.

 

EDIT: also please start your own threads instead of hijacking someone else thread.

[DominicNikon]

32 minutes ago, wkdpaul said:

 

What do you mean "on my case" ??? Do you mean you have a bend USB 3 pin on the motherboard?

 

If so, try to bend it back, if it break then it's only gonna mean you'll have 1 working USB 3 port instead of 2, the USB 3 header always is for 2 ports. So at worst you'll only have 1 port.

 

EDIT: also please start your own threads instead of hijacking someone else thread.

the pins on the motherboard for the cases io

[WkdPaul]

14 minutes ago, DominicNikon said:

the pins on the motherboard for the cases io

then like I said, it should be fine ... try bending it back and if it breaks you'll still have one USB port that will work, better than nothing.

[VulcanAndroid]

On 6/24/2016 at 6:08 PM, DominicNikon said:

is there a pci card with more then 1 stars?

Hey, I'm not a shopper bot. I just gave you an example. Look for yourself.

[DominicNikon]

3 hours ago, VulcanAndroid said:

Hey, I'm not a shopper bot. I just gave you an example. Look for yourself.

Can you be a shopper bot?