Motherboard Jumper Question

[Burner27]

I have an Asus P6T deluxe mobo and I have a dumb question. I have several places on my mobo that have jumpers on them that control chassis intrusion, QPI voltage and CMOS reset. They use the standard blue jumpers and they have the black 'foundation' that is attached to the mobo to ensure that the pins don't push through jumpers. Sorta like a 'safety stop' for lack of better words.

My question is this, I have a tendency to 'push too hard to make sure things don't fall off' when i check jumpers. Is there any chance of me having the strength to push hard enough to actually dislodge the pins themselves from the motherboard? I have a feeling the answer should be no only because I am pushing on the jumper itself and the 'black foundation' should stop the jumper once it is on all the way.

Ease my paranoia.......

 

[Hardlin]

I doubt you would/could push them through. Since a jumper is generally just a little piece of folded metal inside a non-conductive plastic housing, there's no reason to apply more pressure than it takes to cover the pins.

 

[Aluvus]

The pins are soldered to the motherboard. I doubt you could push them through (or pull them out of) the motherboard if you wanted to. And yes, once the jumper is far enough on, the force will be on the plastic block (mostly) rather than the pin itself.

In any case there is no reason to push hard on jumpers, and you shouldn't do it. If your hand slips, you could very well bend (or snap off) the pins.