Jabbed RIVE with screwdriver but it seems to be OK?

[Darkzero]

As I was popping the old video card out of the board, my screwdriver slipped off the the little white clip and hit the motherboard (the sound it made was quite loud). I inspected the area closely and took a few pics. They look OK to me, but I wanted to be sure. The motherboard worked fine so far.

Does the circled area look OK to you guys?

[HiVizMan]

No problem from the looks of it mate. The board is quite resistant to the odd band and scrape.

[Darkzero]

Thank God it didn't cause any damage this time. I should have used a flat-head driver in the first place and put some tap on the tip instead of a crosshead. Guess I'll be extra careful with tools next time

[HiVizMan]

You are not the only one who has done that. I know I have.

[lenehan]

I made it worst which I damage and broke into pieces one of my RIVE PCIe latch while removing the card. Only found out after I insert new gfx into it. Now I wonder how am i going to remove the gfx card from the slot if I want to change another new card.

[Darkzero]

HiVizMan wrote:
Yeah I did that to my first RIVE I pulled the white latch right off when I removed my card, the whole thing was prepped for cold and now way to get to the latch. Still works fine without the latch.

Your first RIVE? How many do own LOL?

[HiVizMan]

Yeah I did that to my first RIVE I pulled the white latch right off when I removed my card, the whole thing was prepped for cold and now way to get to the latch. Still works fine without the latch.

[HiVizMan]

Think I have 6 or 7 not quite sure how many exactly. I tend to buy at least one of each and every motherboard, across all brands, to see which is the most efficient. And then once I have a good idea which board is best or fit for purpose I then get five or so more. I bench quite seriously, mainly for my own pleasure these days. And boards behave differently when at -150'C some like the cold others have issues. When one goes down or needs a time out I simply swap over to the next.

The funny thing is that the most expensive boards are often not the best for efficiently, just too much other stuff going on in the circuitry. But as a rule the ASUS top end boards are the best for LN2 hard benching.