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How to repair motherboard pci-e pins

aneshamdani9

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Feb 2, 2018
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So my computer runs just fine yesterday but in today's morning I tried to clean my pc , I removed the graphics card from the slot and then a pin bent out of the slot , my motherboard doesn't support integrated graphics so my pc wont turn on at all , well it turns on but gives a post codes that is 1 beep long and 8 short I searchedon't for it and I found that is display or retrace failed so how I can fix this pins.
Thanks in advance,
Anes08
PS : here is a pic so it can help
http://i.imgur.com/YMbrcmH.jpg
The pins is under the 2 in pci-e gen 2
This picture took from my 13mp phone camera you can zoom in for better details.


New pic with red circle on the pin hope you will find it this time
Link : http://i.imgur.com/pBYLOCz.jpg
 
Solution
Yes, sure you can, if you can attach it without it touching anything else.
[strike]You don't say what your motherboard is
do you only have 1 slot for the gpu?[/strike]#

OK I see it's the only slot :)