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Broken retainer clip on motherboard for vid card
Hi, stupid stupid impatient me didnt take the time to look and took my vid card out (because i thought maybe i might have to reseat it) and in the process i broke the retainer clip on one side of the motherboard.
See image, i did make an attempt to superglue it back but i stopped trying because i figured if i got that stuff someplace it should not be i would just make the issue worse and that would be stupid stupid stupid lol.
I dont think there is any real pressure there its just for saftey i think, the mount on the rear of the unit holds it really snug so i dont think there is any real chance for it to vibrate loose but what do you all think. I say no pressure because it sure was easy to break off there.
Can that clip itself be replaced without replacing the female connection. It kind of looks like the swing arm snaps in there but i didnt want to try to pry it out.
So to explain that clip you see on the pic, the bottom of it just has a strait bar (swing arm) attached like clip/____o (the slash / is where it broke)
one end is connected to the female connection and the other to the clip, and it swivels, it broke clean off on one end on the bottom of the clip side (not the board side).
thanks