Question Bent PCIE pins on one of my graphic card slots

[Joshyj1995]

I went today and got a new AIO Cpu cooler and installed it, well when I went to take out the gpu to make some room for my hands to get inside the case I accidentally ripped off the whole graphics pcie slot and the pins were bent aswell. Thinking nothing of it since I have 3 other slots to use I finished installing my new CPU AIO and went to turn on my pc and it won’t boot at all, no power no sound no nothing. Is my computer not booting because of those bent PCIE graphics card slots? Or would it be something else

 

[Darkbreeze]

What do you mean by "ripped off the whole graphics pcie slot"? Let's see what that looks like. This is probably more than just some bent pins.

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[Joshyj1995]

What do you mean by "ripped off the whole graphics pcie slot"? Let's see what that looks like. This is probably more than just some bent pins.

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[Joshyj1995]

https://imgur.com/a/VhxqPqe

 

[Darkbreeze]

The board itself?

 

[Joshyj1995]

The board itself?

When I went to take the gpu out I had a hard time getting it up cause of the lock so I pullled a little hard and that part came off as long as the pins on the board that it was connected to were bent after that

 

[Joshyj1995]

When I went to take the gpu out I had a hard time getting it up cause of the lock so I pullled a little hard and that part came off as long as the pins on the board that it was connected to were bent after that

Lemme try to take a picture real quick

 

[Joshyj1995]

Lemme try to take a picture real quick

https://imgur.com/a/II1ELFU

Some of those pins in that picture are bent up or down

 

[Joshyj1995]

https://imgur.com/a/II1ELFU

Some of those pins in that picture are bent up or down

That’s the pcie 4 slot pins yes the pins on the board itself

 

[USAFRet]

That motherboard is toast.

 

[Darkbreeze]

Board is done. Never going to work. Very hard learning experience but there is absolutely no doubt that is your problem. It is simply damaged beyond usability. Doesn't even matter what slot it is, they are all interconnected. Not going to be warrantable either. Never forget to unlock the PCIe slot lock when you attempt to remove a graphics card. You are not the first to do this. You will not be the last. Expensive mistake. Sorry, but thems the facts. NOT going to try and sugar coat it for you.

Not even sure why you'd have had the graphics card installed there in the first place as it's not even the correct location for a primary graphics card installation. That slot doesn't even support full PCIe x16 speeds like the primary slot closest to the CPU, which is where EVERY graphics card is supposed to be installed unless there are multiple cards installed and we really don't install multiple cards anymore except in VERY niche configurations.

 

[Joshyj1995]

Board is done. Never going to work. Very hard learning experience but there is absolutely no doubt that is your problem. It is simply damaged beyond usability. Doesn't even matter what slot it is, they are all interconnected. Not going to be warrantable either. Never forget to unlock the PCIe slot lock when you attempt to remove a graphics card. You are not the first to do this. You will not be the last. Expensive mistake. Sorry, but thems the facts. NOT going to try and sugar coat it for you.

Not even sure why you'd have had the graphics card installed there in the first place as it's not even the correct location for a primary graphics card installation. That slot doesn't even support full PCIe x16 speeds like the primary slot closest to the CPU, which is where EVERY graphics card is supposed to be installed unless there are multiple cards installed and we really don't install multiple cards anymore except in VERY niche configurations.

That’s where I had my card originally slotted then I accident block the lock on that slot so I went to use that other one and boom I toasted my <Mod Edit> by breaking off the whole thing so

 

[Joshyj1995]

That’s where I had my card originally slotted then I accident block the lock on that slot so I went to use that other one and boom I toasted my <Mod Edit> by breaking off the whole thing so

Thank you for your help tho

 

[Darkbreeze]

I know it sucks man, but there is really just not even a question here about it.