Bent pin in PCIe lane

[andrewvrabel]

Hi all, I recently RMA’d my mobo because my gpu got fried about a month ago (rma’d that too). I’m not sure of what ended up causing the damage to the gpu but I rma’d everything I could to make sure they were in working condition. Anyways, I RMA’d my mobo because I noticed that one of the pins were either bent or slightly damaged, can’t really tell. But when I got the mobo back today I noticed that it was still bent/damaged. Should this be a cause for concern? Do I risk my components by plugging them into the board and see if it will post? I’ll attach a picture of the pin. The board is a b450 gaming pro carbon.

https://imgur.com/gallery/sPa2FSh

 

[USAFRet]

When you contacted the motherboard manufacturer, and said "This pin is still bent"....what did they say?

 

[andrewvrabel]

I called MSI and the guy in the RMA department told me that he’d email the people who actually do the RMA’s and ask why the bent pin wasn’t addressed. So for now... nothing