During overseas shipping, my PC's wireless PCI-E card with two antennae sticking out the back of the PC case was pushed inwards, into the case. The force was applied to the antennae, which in turn pushed the PCI-E card across in the socket (parallel to the longer side) and now some pin sockets on the PCI-E port are broken.
When I tried to start it without knowing the problem, the computer turned on for 1 second and switched off. I've now removed the wireless card and it appears to work fine.
What I want to know is, is it safe to run the PC like this, with a broken but empty PCI-E slot? And just because it works now, is it possible that any problems down the line might be traceable back to this, or is the slot just completely inert? (I won't be inserting anything into it at all, it's definitely 100% unusable)
Thanks!
When I tried to start it without knowing the problem, the computer turned on for 1 second and switched off. I've now removed the wireless card and it appears to work fine.
What I want to know is, is it safe to run the PC like this, with a broken but empty PCI-E slot? And just because it works now, is it possible that any problems down the line might be traceable back to this, or is the slot just completely inert? (I won't be inserting anything into it at all, it's definitely 100% unusable)
Thanks!