Broken exposed PCIE Pins on Motherboard...

[PsyAviah - Yves Schelpe]

I have three PCIE slots, and one of them got damaged because I'm a dumbass 101 and I hit the GPU that was residing there pretty hard, and it surputred the plastic.

The pins are now exposed, not touching each other... The PC works fine, the other GPU inside works and runs fine. Is there any harm or should I buy a new motherboard (I don't need this PCIE slot as I "upgraded (and trashed int he process) from two GPUs to one)...

 

 

Thanks

Dumbass101

[PsyAviah - Yves Schelpe]

it's a bit like this here: 

 

[Cbfbrolol]

Lmao just rip the gpu out no worries about the locking mechanism

[Skiiwee29]

if it works.. it works.. if there was any issues, you would know.

[Cryptonite]

21 minutes ago, Dumbass101 said:

I have three PCIE slots, and one of them got damaged because I'm a dumbass 101 and I hit the GPU that was residing there pretty hard, and it surputred the plastic.

The pins are now exposed, not touching each other... The PC works fine, the other GPU inside works and runs fine. Is there any harm or should I buy a new motherboard (I don't need this PCIE slot as I "upgraded (and trashed int he process) from two GPUs to one)...

 

 

Thanks

Dumbass101

personally I removed my entire PCIe Slot and clipped off the pins with a sharp scissor or smth to make sure there is no chance of accidental contact. afterwards it just almost looks like there was an open lane they didn't put a PCIe in.

 

I actually did this,  the X99 Deluxe I have in my rig I got for free since the pins were smooshed together and shorted out the board, I just clipped all the pins off and the board worked.

[Cbfbrolol]

9 minutes ago, Cryptonite said:

personally I removed my entire PCIe Slot and clipped off the pins with a sharp scissor or smth to make sure there is no chance of accidental contact. afterwards it just almost looks like there was an open lane they didn't put a PCIe in.

 

I actually did this,  the X99 Deluxe I have in my rig I got for free since the pins were smooshed together and shorted out the board, I just clipped all the pins off and the board worked.

Smooshed together, very technical information here.

Haha

[PsyAviah - Yves Schelpe]

1 hour ago, Cbfbrolol said:

Lmao just rip the gpu out no worries about the locking mechanism

Yup even worse than Dennis :/... I fffff'ed up.. I know

[PsyAviah - Yves Schelpe]

2 hours ago, Cryptonite said:

personally I removed my entire PCIe Slot and clipped off the pins with a sharp scissor or smth to make sure there is no chance of accidental contact. afterwards it just almost looks like there was an open lane they didn't put a PCIe in.

 

I actually did this,  the X99 Deluxe I have in my rig I got for free since the pins were smooshed together and shorted out the board, I just clipped all the pins off and the board worked.

Hey, @Cryptonite, how did you cut these?

Mine is at the moment still working and I'm hesitant opening it again and start cutting into the pins if it works now... If really have no idea "how to cut" them and what to watch out for. I want to "trim" them though, but I'm hesitant, as I'm really very clumsy, as you can probably tell by now :-)...

 

Dumbass101