[SOLVED] PCI-E gold finger broke off

[EvocativeMouse3]

One of the gold connectors on my gpu broke off, now the system won't display any image. I thought if some of the gold connectors broke off gpu's can still work. I can't find an answer what each pin does so I'm curious. It's the pin on the back side the smaller sets of pins that end at the front of the gpu. Is there any way to fix it?

 

[Ralston18]

Make and model GPU?

Yes some components can/may work with missing pins. That only applies if the pins are used for some manner of testing or reserved for future use (not currently live).

Are you able to attach a couple of photographs?

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2173703/post-images-tomshardware-guide.html

Overall, I would not be optimistic.

 

[EvocativeMouse3]

Rx 560 dual fan xfx. The pin that is missing is the opposite side of the PCB, the first pin after the notch.

I will attach pictures in a little bit.

 

[velocityg4]

You can look at the pinout guide to see what that pin is used for. Scroll down to the appropriate length. While there may be some unnecessary pins. Apparently yours was critical. https://pinouts.ru/Slots/pci_express_pinout.shtml

To repair it, if possible. I'd expect you'd need to expose the electronic trace first. Then some possible options.

• Solder on a new connector. Use conductive silver epoxy to hold the bottom end down or super glue.
• Redraw the pin with a conductive trace pin
• Recreate the pin with silver conductive epoxy and file it down to size after it has hardened.

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I wouldn't be hopeful of a repair though. I haven't tried to repair PCIe pins before. These are just some possible ideas.