this post was submitted on 22 Aug 2023
396 points (97.1% liked)

> Greentext

7474 readers
4 users here now

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Everyone talks about the levers on RAM sticks, but why the FUCK is nobody talking about levers on PCI-E sticks? I thought those didn't exist and did the same thing as OP.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (2 children)

those can actually get hidden by big ass GPUs. And be pretty hard to release.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

luckily they aren't necessary, I've had many people come into my shop after breaking the pcie clips and I just make sure it's screwed in firmly and they're good to go. they are a bitch tho

[–] TheBat 1 points 1 year ago

Lever on my mobo just gave up one day and went under the shroud

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's the thing, at one point they didn't exist. I almost ripped one out of my motherboard when I first got one with a latch.

[–] dot20 2 points 1 year ago

I did rip one out of my motherboard. But they're purely mechanical so it's not actually a big deal (and the mobo was broken anyway).