Is this safe?

[ShiversDan]

was taking out my 980 ti's as got a new card, 1st card in 16x slot unlocked from the latch fine, but 2nd one would not budge so after a few hours of almost breaking my finger trying to get the latch to work eventually the card came out and the entire pci express slot cover came off exposing the contacts undrneath, ive ran the system for 2 days since with no problems but is it safe to leave it like this or not? pics below

 

[ShiversDan]

Well its not ideal but if it hasn't shorted or caught fire, it isn't going to suddenly short and catch fire. You're good.

Thanks is it not likely to short out you think?

 

[ShiversDan]

nope the slot wont go on without bending the pins further or completely, do you think its worth me cutting the wires down shorter and putting some electrical tape over the top of it or is this not a good idea?

 

[ShiversDan]

do i cut them completely or just as short as possible as to not touch other pins?

 

[ShiversDan]

i've cut the wires down now....suprisingly ive had it on for 2 days now and the way they were before they were actually touching and nothing happened, all the wires and now supershort and not touching at all.

 

[ShiversDan]

As long as they are not touching it will be ok.

It's been a while since I messed with anything like this.

How easy are the pins to bend.
If they are soft cut them off.

If you are constantly opening your case messing with stuff cut them off.

If they seem like they won't move and your not going to open your case regularly then leave it alone.

Dont use tape or hot glue as you won't be able to see what's going on.

I doubt repair would be worth it.
I'm assuming you don't need the slot.

yeah not bothered about the slot, the pins have been cut now and are not touching as far as i can tell anyway, i only really open case to give it quick clean every couple months, think i should be ok to leve it like this now then?

 

[ShiversDan]

also forgot to mention the zotac amp extreme im going to put in the main slot is probably going to cover over the broken slot also, is this a good or bad thing?