The pins that are partially out deliver power. It's not the lever on the LHS that gives me concern; it's the gap on the RHS. Do you have another video card you can try?
Exactly the same on my old 780. Here’s 2 pics of that. By the RHS do you mean the large gap that I’ve focused on?
https://ibb.co/5XHZ4Bz
https://ibb.co/W57NS1f