[SOLVED] Broke USB 3 pin in mobo

[Boombastic98]

Hi, I was swapping case and had to fight with a stuck USB 3 panel cable, after it came out it had bent a pin, while trying to fix it it broke. My question is, since I don’t really need the 3.0s, can I leave it like this or is there a short circuit risk? Pins aren’t touching one another

 

[Barty1884]

Where did it break? On the USB header on the board? If so, did it break clean off?

I actually broke a pin on my 3.0 header on my board, trying to work too fast. However, there's still ~30% of the pin remaining. Ensured that was straightened out, and the header/ports still works perfectly.

If you've totally lost the pin, that's another problem altogether. Shouldn't be any risk of a short though, just a non functioning header

 

[Boombastic98]

Where did it break? On the USB header on the board? If so, did it break clean off?

I actually broke a pin on my 3.0 header on my board, trying to work too fast. However, there's still ~30% of the pin remaining. Ensured that was straightened out, and the header/ports still works perfectly.

If you've totally lost the pin, that's another problem altogether. Shouldn't be any risk of a short though, just a non functioning header

Yes on board, I have like 10% remaining of the pin, my only worry is it can damage the pc, because the front panel has 2 regular USB ports anyway

 

[Barty1884]

Make sure it's straightened out (if bent) and see if you can connect the front panel connector, you might find that you're actually fine as far as functionality, although at ~10%, I wouldn't hold my breath.

You're not going to damage anything.

 

[jsmithepa]

Huh, nothing touching, nothing happens. Just leave it.