Dropped a screw down my GTX460

powlesY · 20 Dec 2010 at 12:30

It was very difficult getting the 460 to go in the slot anyway, i've got a small motherboard and it's probably about half an inch from the Gelid Tranquillo. Don't know how i can get the 460 out to get the screw out. The graphics card clips into place doesn't it? I can't get to the clip. :/

Can't even get my forceps down to the screw.

SeraphX · 20 Dec 2010 at 12:36

pick case up, invert and wiggle till the screw falls out

stulid · 20 Dec 2010 at 12:36

Hold the computer case by the sides, rotate your arms, watch as the screw now fails out of where its stuck, and return the case to the up-right position.

now find the screw.

unp|dissy · 20 Dec 2010 at 12:37

Seraph said:
pick case up, invert and wiggle till the screw falls out

This.

Also please dont turn machine on untill the screw is out..

Tomcat825 · 20 Dec 2010 at 12:59

For god sake wiggle carefully though

pcAnywhere · 20 Dec 2010 at 13:41

Anyone else expecting the screw to end-up in the PSU??

SeraphX · 20 Dec 2010 at 14:51

pcAnywhere said:
Anyone else expecting the screw to end-up in the PSU??

it'd have to be a very small screw, and it could be avoided quite easily. :rolleyes:

233 · 20 Dec 2010 at 14:57

Don't worry with it being an Nvidia card as soon as the CPU is under load it will melt

Howitzer · 20 Dec 2010 at 14:59

Make sure you've unplugged any cables before attempting to invert!!

EniGmA1981 · 20 Dec 2010 at 15:00

if you can see the screw then surely it's easier to magnetise (if you don't have a magnetic one) a screwdriver and just fish it out...?

Psy-Blade · 20 Dec 2010 at 15:18

+1 for the guys recommending tipping the case on its side.

Random suggestion: Use a hoover

ms2010 · 20 Dec 2010 at 15:26

Foxtrot26 said:
Don't worry with it being an Nvidia card as soon as the CPU is under load it will melt

Ok that made me LOL

Thanks for that

To the OP , the careful pick up the PC and give it a shake technique already suggested is the 1st port of call.
Although 9 times out of 10 those missing screws tend to find the one place in the case they will just slide around in rather than fall out.

I have in the past known screws to get jammed behind the motherboard , so definatly

unp|dissy said:
Also please dont turn machine on untill the screw is out..

If you can't remove the displaycard too try to find it , an alternative might be to remove the motherboard screws completly and take the whole assembley out of the case in one go, Thats assuming that you can get to the screws and that the case isnt blocking the components from coming out.

Depends on the size of your case

Also as EniGmA1981 suggested a magnetic screwdriver or other such tool can be handy if you spot it at the bottom corner of the case, somewhere you just can't get a finger.
Theres rarely enough Gauss (magnetic strength) in those too effect PC components , although I wouldn't go leaving one lay ontop of a HDD