Question (URGENT) GPU Stuck on slot

[criticalimpactftw]

I'm literally so stressed right now, just wanted to remove the GPU to clean it and now it is stuck on the butterfly lock on the Mobo, on a side, read most of posts and just won't come out or come back in again, it's on a angle and I don't want to move it as it makes a weird sound but the GPU is still kinda loose I don't know what to do it's late and I'm stressing the f out, tried pushing it with a chopstick nope, back in place it just won't do that, and by force it started to kinda bend the mobo it's a new gpu too aaaaaaarg

 

[Cokacola14]

sigh;
View: https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/79udkr/help_cant_remove_graphics_card_because_of/?utm_source=BD&utm_medium=Search&utm_name=Bing&utm_content=PSR1


use imgur and post pics if possible.

 

[Cokacola14]

i so badly want to help but dont want to misadvise

 

[Cokacola14]

https://imgur.com/a/6glQe

View: https://imgur.com/a/6glQe


this but the other end?

 

[criticalimpactftw]

sigh, use imgur and post pics if possible.

https://imgur.com/a/SNhPvBo

View: https://imgur.com/a/SNhPvBo
here.

 

[Cokacola14]

Use a pencil, eraser side and press the heck <Mod Edit> out of the lock downward. Reseat the graphics card first

 

[Cokacola14]

thats from that reddit link.
its what i would try

 

[Cokacola14]

reseating it your best first move, anyway possible, hte can take a lil pushing. just be self conscious of your effort

 

[criticalimpactftw]

reseating it your best first move, anyway possible, hte can take a lil pushing. just be self conscious of your effort

I'll try it, I don't want to break anything

 

[InvalidError]

There are a few different styles of PCIe retention tabs. Some are just a little tab molded directly into the slot that you have to push sideways to disengage, some are a sliding cradle on guides that you have to slide back, others are a bit like levers similar to many DIMM slots that you have to push away to disengage and pop the card out.

You really should have at least provided the motherboard model so people could look it up.

More likely than not, your motherboard's manual will have a paragraph about (un)installing GPUs.

 

[Cokacola14]

he said it is stuck locked.

 

[criticalimpactftw]

Got it out, didn't damage anything, I pushed it down with the chopstick as hard as I could and it popped out. By the way it someone else has the problem the Mobo is a STRIX B460-H GAMING

 

[Cokacola14]

There are a few different styles of PCIe retention tabs. Some are just a little tab molded directly into the slot that you have to push sideways to disengage, some are a sliding cradle on guides that you have to slide back, others are a bit like levers similar to many DIMM slots that you have to push away to disengage and pop the card out.

You really should have at least provided the motherboard model so people could look it up.

More likely than not, your motherboard's manual will have a paragraph about (un)installing GPUs.

i believe its one of them lil wiggley plastic ones and it fell out of its track slightly locking it!

Got it out, didn't damage anything, I pushed it down with the chopstick as hard as I could and it popped out. By the way it someone else has the problem the Mobo is a STRIX B460-H GAMING

Glas to hear!

Cheers mate

stress stinks!

 

[InvalidError]

he said it is stuck locked.

i believe its one of them lil wiggley plastic ones and it fell out of its track slightly locking it!

Well, OP provided his motherboard model and from the looks of it, it is a lever-style lock similar to levered DIMM slots. You push the GPU in, that presses the bottom of the lever piece and pops the lock in place, then you push the lock down/away to lever the GPU out.

If the GPU slot is tight, you may need 10+lbf to pop the GPU out and when you have something like a 0.5" lever to push against, that can end up feeling super dodgy.

 

[Cokacola14]

Well, OP provided his motherboard model and from the looks of it, it is a lever-style lock similar to levered DIMM slots. You push the GPU in, that presses the bottom of the lever piece and pops the lock in place, then you push the lock down/away to lever the GPU out.

If the GPU slot is tight, you may need 10+lbf to pop the GPU out and when you have something like a 0.5" lever to push against, that can end up feeling super dodgy.

10+ibf being poundforce, the average tighten of a lugnut for a car is 50+ , we call it torque on american cars though haha! not to be confused with ib for just pound! this is different!

 

[InvalidError]

10+ibf being poundforce, the average tighten of a lugnut for a car is 50+ , we call it torque on american cars though haha! not to be confused with ib for just pound! this is different!

lbf (force equivalent to 1lb at standard gravity) and lb*ft (torque, force x leverage) are two different albeit closely related things.