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Pci Express vid card removal question

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nippyjun

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Hi, I'm on my first PCI express card and i'm going to need to take it out of the system. There is a litle white clamp on the mobo that seems to lock it in place. The clamp has a lever on it. Do you just pull a little on the lever to release the card or do you have to do something else. It looks like if you pull very hard on the lever the clip will completely disengage but it would take a lot of force. Do you pull the lever down (in the plane of the mobo) or out towards you? When you push on the lever does it stay "open" as long as you hold pressure on it and once you release it it "closes"?

Does anyone know of a site or a link to a site with photos of how to do it correctly. I don't want to bust the clip on my new mobo.

Thanks.
 
Originally posted by: nippyjun
Hi, I'm on my first PCI express card and i'm going to need to take it out of the system. There is a litle white clamp on the mobo that seems to lock it in place. The clamp has a lever on it. Do you just pull a little on the lever to release the card or do you have to do something else. It looks like if you pull very hard on the lever the clip will completely disengage but it would take a lot of force. Do you pull the lever down (in the plane of the mobo) or out towards you? When you push on the lever does it stay "open" as long as you hold pressure on it and once you release it it "closes"?

Does anyone know of a site or a link to a site with photos of how to do it correctly. I don't want to bust the clip on my new mobo.

Thanks.
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Don't have a web site or photo(s) for disengaging the locking lever but its' really easy. You push the end of the "locking" lever down (towards the mobo). This pivots the end of the locking cam up, allowing you to remove the graphics card. On many mobos' the NB/NB cooler is in the way, making it difficult to do this because of the lack of clearance between the graphics card and the NB (North Bridge).

You can also use a non-metallic object to push the lever. I say non-metallic just to be sure you don't "zap" any other components or scratch anything if you get butterfingered while trying to push the locking lever.

 
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