well i'm an idiot

Pohly · 3 Sep 2011 at 10:58

i was taking my pc apart today to clean out all the dust and when taking out the gpu i slip and dissalined one of the pins in the pciex16 slot

luckly the card still works but i need help deciding what new motherboard to get i am reluctent to spend >£100. but it has to support crossfire and i would like a z68 board so i can use my 30gb ssd for ssd carching thanks

Jony27 · 3 Sep 2011 at 11:02

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-368-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990 - job done.

olivier renault · 3 Sep 2011 at 11:25

Yeah, looks like the board to get for £100.

Maybe your mobo is OK though. Is it possible to RMA?

Tealc · 3 Sep 2011 at 11:37

Can't see why you are thinking of replacing when you stated the card works fine. Can't you bend it back or anything?

Or did you want to change boards anyway?

Pohly · 3 Sep 2011 at 11:42

olivier renault said:
Yeah, looks like the board to get for £100.

Maybe your mobo is OK though. Is it possible to RMA?

i didnt buy it from oc but did contact the store and explained the problem and they deemed it as my fault fair enought i guess

Pohly · 3 Sep 2011 at 11:43

Tealc said:
Can't see why you are thinking of replacing when you stated the card works fine. Can't you bend it back or anything?

Or did you want to change boards anyway?

it works fine on another pc if i try putting it in lane one on this board it ethier dosent show anything or flickers

plus it might work i will go and fetch a screw driver

Tealc · 3 Sep 2011 at 12:55

Ah I see. The card is fine but the slot isn't picking the card up.

It shouldn't be too tricky to align the contact more or less back to where it should be and provided the contact wasn't shorting out to another contact when you cycled the power no lasting damage should have occured.

rarryawn · 3 Sep 2011 at 23:40

+1 for going at the bent pin with a fine pick. Bend it back

SheepBeast · 4 Sep 2011 at 00:32

how did this turn out, did you manage to bend it back ok?