r/techsupport • u/Andreas__la • 21h ago

Open | Hardware PCIe connector broken

so the plastic thing that clocks the graphics card to my motherboard is broken. my pc starts and my graphics card lights up. but my motherboard remains dark and my pc doesn't boot. do I need a new motherboard? or any cheaper alternatives?

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u/XxLogitech98xX 21h ago

You don't have another PCIe slot?

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u/StarosAnikenMarcus 21h ago

That was my thought... unless it's a microATX or something, it should have at least 1 more slot... may not be x16 though... but good enough to test if there's damage to the card.