HELP!!!

[Crimson Chin]

I was reassembling my graphics card after taking it apart to clean and while I was screwing it back in one of the screws fell into the graphics card. I don't know if it's still in there but should I just wing it or what

[GDRRiley]

take it back apart and remove the screw. 

[TurtleTrain]

Hey,

I would advise finding the screw as it could cause damage by bridging the contacts

 

Hope this helps

[stealth80]

Lol I'm sort of tuned to not let shit stay missing - I work on aircraft, tools, screws, bolts, rags, whatever they have to be found!

 

Think of the worse case scenario, your GPU dies, do you wanna buy a new one?

 

You move the whole tower around/upside down until it drops out, but if this GPU is air cooled, just take it out and source the screw before you switch it on

[samiscool51]

i hope it doesn't' scratch the pcb, that will damage the card, but depending on the damage it might work or kill it

don't worry it will ReLive Crimson Chin!

ha ha get it?

the Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition?

my comedic genius is wasted on you fools.....

why thank you random person!

[Crimson Chin]

It was a screw that was above the hdmi port and it was very small. I don't see it on the circuit board the only other place it could be is under the fans in the metal thing that looks like a radiator kinda. I don't know to much about computers but it looks like this card if it helps any.

[Crimson Chin]

18 minutes ago, stealth80 said:

Lol I'm sort of tuned to let shit stay missing - I work on aircraft, tools, screws, bolts, rags, whatever they have to be found!

 

Think of the worse case scenario, your GPU dies, do you wanna buy a new one?

 

You move the whole tower around/upside down until it drops out, but if this GPU is air cooled, just take it out and source the screw before you switch it on

 

 

I don't care too much about the gpu but if it bridges contacts will that ruin my computer or just the gpu. It's air cooled by the way

[stealth80]

2 minutes ago, Crimson Chin said:

I don't care too much about the gpu but if it bridges contacts will that ruin my computer or just the gpu

as if I didn't say "to not let shit stay missing" ....

 

What GPU is it? Just take the GPU out and remove the screw? Sounds like you're trying to break it on purpose, there's safer ways of doing that

[Crimson Chin]

1 minute ago, stealth80 said:

as if I didn't say "to not let shit stay missing" ....

 

What GPU is it? Just take the GPU out and remove the screw? Sounds like you're trying to break it on purpose, there's safer ways of doing that

 

it's a R9 270x. I took the circuit board off and the top cover I see no sign of it I don't think it was small enough to go anywhere else and I lost it while at my cousins house so i could have fallen out there. It only cost me $50 bucks from him and I have one currently I just want to know if it does bridge contacts will it ruin my entire computer or just the gpu.

[stealth80]

1 minute ago, Crimson Chin said:

it's a R9 270x. I took the circuit board off and the top cover I see no sign of it I don't think it was small enough to go anywhere else and I lost it while at my cousins house so i could have fallen out there. It only cost me $50 bucks from him and I have one currently I just want to know if it does bridge contacts will it ruin my entire computer or just the gpu.

if it bridges I would just cause a GPU error I would think. They normally get stuck in the heatsink or drop down to the bottom of the PC, normally somewhere you cant access easily like down the side of the PSU!

[Crimson Chin]

2 minutes ago, stealth80 said:

if it bridges I would just cause a GPU error I would think. They normally get stuck in the heatsink or drop down to the bottom of the PC, normally somewhere you cant access easily like down the side of the PSU!

 

It fell into the GPU while outside the case so its either lost and it doesnt matter as it was only the screw above the hdmi port or its in the heatsink

[aisle9]

55 minutes ago, Crimson Chin said:

It fell into the GPU while outside the case so its either lost and it doesnt matter as it was only the screw above the hdmi port or its in the heatsink

Take the GPU apart and find it. Leaving it in there could cause God knows what damage to the GPU, and it could damage the motherboard as well depending on where it is and where it ends up when the fans kick in.