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Graphics card install damage.

rlodjohn

rlodjohn

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While changing GPU from a RX 6700 XT to a 4090 the latch was giving me trouble(TUF Gaming X570). So I slip with the screwdriver And I take out what I think is a couple of filtering capacitors.
Should I bite the bullet and just upgrade my mother board before installing the 4090? Sorry if this should be in motherboards.
 
rlodjohn said:
While changing GPU from a RX 6700 XT to a 4090 the latch was giving me trouble(TUF Gaming X570). So I slip with the screwdriver And I take out what I think is a couple of filtering capacitors.
Should I bite the bullet and just upgrade my mother board before installing the 4090? Sorry if this should be in motherboards.
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Got a picture? It's possible it might be fixable, but you'd need someone with specialised gear. A new X570 isn't going to be cheap, £160+.

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I'll probably end up upgrading to AM5 early and selling the X570 for repairs. I could probably do the repair my self if I figured out the microfarads of the smd caps.
A costly mistake.
Thanks for your help.
 
MissChief said:
Got a picture? It's possible it might be fixable, but you'd need someone with specialised gear. A new X570 isn't going to be cheap, £160+.

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if they can afford nearly 2k for a gpu,£200+ for a new mobo should be chicken feed to them :D
 
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There's no way I would plug a £2k gpu into a slot that might have some of its power regulation components chiseled off.

But if you do, could you upload it to YouTube please... We all love watching sparks fly :D
 
There is plenty of cheaper B550 motherboards on overclockers to get you out of this pickle.
 
ShiWarrior said:
good thing about my new AM5 motherboard, the latch isn't there anymore, there's a "button" further away that's attached to the GPU slot for easy removal, brilliant idea, no idea why they didnt do this in the first place to be honest
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I think Asus has the patent on this so only Asus boards have the button - it's much easier. The latch is a terrible design and it only worked when graphics cards were single slot and under 200mm long
 
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ShiWarrior said:
good thing about my new AM5 motherboard, the latch isn't there anymore, there's a "button" further away that's attached to the GPU slot for easy removal, brilliant idea, no idea why they didnt do this in the first place to be honest
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Yeah I absolutely love the button on my Z790 motherboard.

I used to dread having to remove my 3090 when trying to access the latch between the card and a D15.

The amount of times I’d slip trying to release it.

Button makes it so much easier
 
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Grim5 said:
I think Asus has the patent on this so only Asus boards have the button - it's much easier. The latch is a terrible design and it only worked when graphics cards were single slot and under 200mm long
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It turns out a few other manufacturers have them.

Gigabyte board here, they call it PCIe EZ latch plus:

 
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