Removing a PCI-E video card

bluef0x · #1 11-27-2007, 08:08 PM

I have an Asus A8N5X motherboard and I'm trying to remove my PCI-E video card. It has that plastic tab thing at the end and it snapped off. I've tried pretty much everything and the video card won't budge at all. Can anyone help me out? How does that locking mechanism work? It seems like that since it's broken off,it should just come right out.

SpartMan1 · #2 11-27-2007, 10:08 PM

If the tab snapped off, it doesn't necessarily mean the actual locking piece came with it, so I'd look closely if the locking piece is still engaged. If its definitely not there, I'm not sure.

_dave_ · #3 11-27-2007, 11:22 PM

Take extreme caution.

If the tab has snapped off, but the locking pin remains in place - take a small plastic implement, like a pen (with the nib recessed / removed), and gently push the pin while "wobbling" the card - once it is past a certain point, it should be easy.

Of course, you will neeed to fully remove the pin before putting in a new card or you will have the same problem again.

If you can post pics of the locking mechanism, better advice will follow (I can't remember an A8N5X exactly)

Hopefully you don't break anything [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

dave.

LeapFrog · #4 11-28-2007, 12:00 AM

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(I can't remember an A8N5X exactly)

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Dave you are clearly slipping and all of us in CTH are worried. Have you been abusing 'the drugs'?

wheel son · #5 11-28-2007, 07:19 AM

make sure its not screwed down.. had to put that in there lol

bluef0x · #6 11-28-2007, 12:54 PM

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make sure its not screwed down.. had to put that in there lol

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There was a screw on the next slot over that was just barely holding it down. It didn't appear to be touching the video card at all, but it was. Unscrewed that and barely touched the card and it came out. I was seriously about to do some drastic [censored] to get it out.

Thanks for the advice guys, appreciate it.

ryanj247 · #7 12-01-2007, 10:48 AM

god that tab on pci-e slots is dumb. you would think that at some point in testing the concept someone would have realized that everyone would end up snapping them off.