PCIe Riser Cable
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Pros
- if it's just the plastic, it's probably not a big deal. the cable part is soldered to the PCB part, the plastic is just there for shielding.
Cons
- I realized the plastic on the riser cable is cracked. It is cracked both on the upward facing motherboard side, and downward facing GPU side.
- I would suspect the riser cable got tweaked when swapping the motherboard and has failed. They can be a bit delicate at times even though you can really mash them down without a problem, if they're rebent too many times the wires inside...
- Extremely common. Even expensive riser cables are a pretty common failure point.
- If there's a short it could kill the GPU, or the whole PC. I'd say better safe than sorry and swap it.
- I’ll see if that type of riser cable works
Sentiment
1 positive (13%) · 1 mixed (13%) · 6 negative (75%)
Trust + time weighted score: -59% · raw score -62%
What redditors said (8 of 8)
I realized the plastic on the riser cable is cracked. It is cracked both on the upward facing motherboard side, and downward facing GPU side.
I would suspect the riser cable got tweaked when swapping the motherboard and has failed. They can be a bit delicate at times even though you can really mash them down without a problem, if they're rebent too many times the wires inside can break, and the solder connections between the cable and the PCIe connector / slot on either end aren't quite as resilient as the cable and will break if they're even slightly bent.
Extremely common. Even expensive riser cables are a pretty common failure point.
if it's just the plastic, it's probably not a big deal. the cable part is soldered to the PCB part, the plastic is just there for shielding.
If there's a short it could kill the GPU, or the whole PC. I'd say better safe than sorry and swap it.
I’ll see if that type of riser cable works
I have never had good luck with riser cables. So if someone says they are using one, I always say start there.
PCIE Gen5 is SUPER sensitive to riser cables and anything that isn't PERFECT unlike older gen 3/4 standards.
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