My RTX 2060 Super arrived yesterday to replace my 1060. Some women may get excited about buying new clothes, but for myself it is a video card - weird huh :hehe: . Being the perfect time to blow out the dust and any fluff bunnies from my main pc case all went well and then popped the new gpu into the pci-e slot with ease. The moment the pc is turned it, there is a small bit of apprehension on my part, but the gpu jumped into life and purred very quietly in it's new home. All is perfect.
Now it was time to replace the video card in my previous main case with the 1060 and give the other gpu back to my partner. Outside I went again, this time to blow the dust from the 1060 to make it squeaky clean once more. What a pleasant day it was, sun shining, birds singing. The fans spun as the blower air hit them and having not watched where I had placed a couple of fingers on the card, the fan blades knocked a finger, gave me a start and I automatically let go of the card, where I watched it fall onto the concrete as if in slow motion. The drop was approx 76 cm. The perfect day was no longer perfect and I was gutted as well as shaking my head at my own stupidity. However on inspection no visible damage was obvious - or so I thought. Anyway, went to pop the 1060 into my previous, faithful pc but it would not slot in. To my dismay, one of the metal pieces that slot into the space between the motherboard and back panel was bent.
After having rung my partner to tell him the "news", the afternoon seemed to draw out longer than normal, but anyway 6.15pm came, partner was home and out with the pliers, straightened the metal piece for me and I then popped the 1060 into the pci-e slot. Without a glitch the card fired into life and ran perfectly when the pc was turned on - what a relief.
Just thought I would share this as this was something that had not happened before and just shows how easily things can happen unintentionally and unexpectedly through ones own actions.
Now it was time to replace the video card in my previous main case with the 1060 and give the other gpu back to my partner. Outside I went again, this time to blow the dust from the 1060 to make it squeaky clean once more. What a pleasant day it was, sun shining, birds singing. The fans spun as the blower air hit them and having not watched where I had placed a couple of fingers on the card, the fan blades knocked a finger, gave me a start and I automatically let go of the card, where I watched it fall onto the concrete as if in slow motion. The drop was approx 76 cm. The perfect day was no longer perfect and I was gutted as well as shaking my head at my own stupidity. However on inspection no visible damage was obvious - or so I thought. Anyway, went to pop the 1060 into my previous, faithful pc but it would not slot in. To my dismay, one of the metal pieces that slot into the space between the motherboard and back panel was bent.
After having rung my partner to tell him the "news", the afternoon seemed to draw out longer than normal, but anyway 6.15pm came, partner was home and out with the pliers, straightened the metal piece for me and I then popped the 1060 into the pci-e slot. Without a glitch the card fired into life and ran perfectly when the pc was turned on - what a relief.
Just thought I would share this as this was something that had not happened before and just shows how easily things can happen unintentionally and unexpectedly through ones own actions.
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