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Honestly I'd cut them off or get them fixed, you dont want them shorting out, you have nothing to gain by leaving them on except the possibility of them shorting out.
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This is the method I use as well, obviously being extremely careful to use minimal force so that it doesn't end up slipping and scraping the motherboard. It's just not possible to access the retention clip any other way with some of the larger cards with backplates, at least with the large tower CPU cooler I have also in the way.When I remove my 2 cards i push down on the clip with the end of a screw driver, always works easily.
cut them short and glue over so dust or anything can't create a contact later in life. or get it fixed
Why? There are hundreds of exposed electrical connections on a motherboard with no glue on so why would these be any different?
Why? There are hundreds of exposed electrical connections on a motherboard with no glue on so why would these be any different?
Why? There are hundreds of exposed electrical connections on a motherboard with no glue on so why would these be any different?
My guess would be that any exposed componen that have been left like that have been risk assessed, the pins in the PCIe socket have been covered over with a plastic plug housing for a reason, otherwise they'd have left them exposed as well.
So long as nobody in this thread ever wants to come and do electrical work at my house, I'm fine with this thread TBH.
Its not going to cause a fire. We are talking about low voltage connections.
Let it be known that it's not just voltage that can cause fire, current can too. In fact, I bet that high currents cause the majority of electrical fires.
Like when one of my SATA connectors caught fire. Not much voltage to be found in a SATA connector.