Hello,
I was cleaning the inside of my PC today and everything was going well. When it was much less dirty and after applying thermal paste to the gpu and cpu, it was time to put everything back on the mother board.
I put the CPU fan on just fine but when I put my GPU (GTX 1080 Founders Edition) back on, the little black piece that you are supposed to pull in when you are taking the GPU out broke off. I am not sure how this happened. I am usually very careful and have never had an issue removing this for cleaning before.
The GPU works fine (with better thermals than I've ever had after applying thermal paste to it for the first time), but I am worried about how I will take it out of the MOBO again. I am building a new PC (already have most of the parts) and my GTX 1080 is all that I have until the new RTX's come in stock.
Has anyone had this happen and have any advice for me on how to remove it safely when my PC parts get here?
I really appreciate your time.
I was cleaning the inside of my PC today and everything was going well. When it was much less dirty and after applying thermal paste to the gpu and cpu, it was time to put everything back on the mother board.
I put the CPU fan on just fine but when I put my GPU (GTX 1080 Founders Edition) back on, the little black piece that you are supposed to pull in when you are taking the GPU out broke off. I am not sure how this happened. I am usually very careful and have never had an issue removing this for cleaning before.
The GPU works fine (with better thermals than I've ever had after applying thermal paste to it for the first time), but I am worried about how I will take it out of the MOBO again. I am building a new PC (already have most of the parts) and my GTX 1080 is all that I have until the new RTX's come in stock.
Has anyone had this happen and have any advice for me on how to remove it safely when my PC parts get here?
I really appreciate your time.