Question Gpu damaged pcie pin

[TimRub]

Hello,
I was planning to change used GPU waterblock, but found some physical flaws.
The GPU (1080 ti aorus WB) has the damaged ground pin (B4).
As far as I can see, there are else much more other ground pins on the gpu, which are ok.
Is it safe to use that gpu with one damaged ground pin?
Here is the extract from gpu first 11 pins specification and gpu photo as well.

Pin	Side B Connector	Side A Connector
#	Name	Description	Name	Description
1	+12v	+12 volt power	PRSNT#1	Hot plug presence detect
2	+12v	+12 volt power	+12v	+12 volt power
3	+12v	+12 volt power	+12v	+12 volt power
4	GND	Ground	GND	Ground
5	SMCLK	SMBus clock	JTAG2	TCK
6	SMDAT	SMBus data	JTAG3	TDI
7	GND	Ground	JTAG4	TDO
8	+3.3v	+3.3 volt power	JTAG5	TMS
9	JTAG1	+TRST#	+3.3v	+3.3 volt power
10	3.3Vaux	3.3v volt power	+3.3v	+3.3 volt power
11	WAKE#	Link Reactivation	PERST#	PCI-Express Reset signal

 

[solidsnake1298]

My understanding is that as long as the ground pin on the other side of the connector is intact it should be ok.

 

[TimRub]

My understanding is that as long as the ground pin on the other side of the connector is intact it should be ok.

Thank you for the reply!
Hope that will work.

 

[TimRub]

Thanks to everyone!
So, the practical experiment brought some bad experience:
That GPU damaged the motherboard PCIE slot at system startup.
It seems the motherboard is out of work now.

So my personal recomendation:
Never plug GPU with damaged pins into your PCIE slot!