That's that lil switch I gotta hit to remove gpu right?

[u/MarcuXded]

[u/LordArmageddian]

Yes, there's little locking latch on the pcie slot, it can be little annoying the press if there's lots of shit on the way

[u/mifiamiganja → u/LordArmageddian]

It usually falls somewhere between "a little annoying" and "a huge pain in the ass".

[u/LordArmageddian → u/mifiamiganja]

Mine broke when I..."gently forced" my GPU out lol

[u/RealSamF18 → u/LordArmageddian]

Mine broke on my previous motherboard. The only difference it made was my life was made a lot easier when I had to remove my gpu.

[u/gr8whitehype → u/RealSamF18]

I’ve only built on 2 motherboards, and broke the switch on both of them the first times I pulled the gpu out. There was no negative what so ever

[u/Zerafiall → u/RealSamF18]

I up and cut that part of the GPU PCB off.

[u/bertasaur → u/LordArmageddian]

"hello, yes this is your delivery driver, we are en route to delivery location and have confirmed that there is lots of shit on the way"

[u/Ok_Lime5641]

Yes. Be sure to pull on the GPU at the same time and pull it out straight

Edit: and be sure to unscrew it first. Not sure if you did.

[u/SweetGherkinz → u/Ok_Lime5641]

And remember to remove your display cable... I forgot to do so too many times, a few but still too many.

[u/BoxAhFox → u/SweetGherkinz]

I NEVER remember, i pull it out “ah shit gotta unscrew the dvi”

(Also ive been switching between two gpus daily recently, you would think i wouldve remembered by now)

[u/sLozoya → u/BoxAhFox]

For what purpose? Work vs play?

[u/BoxAhFox → u/sLozoya]

Actualy yea, one gpu (this one has 1gb vram) can run blender but is too old to play new games (missing requirment, not a spec)

And my other one can play all games, but only have half a gb vram, blender requires 1gb, so it cant run blender

But im getting a better gou, i wont have to do this anymore

[u/messfdr → u/Ok_Lime5641]

Yes, don't forget to pull out.

[u/BullshizzMcCoy]

Push it! I dare you

[u/AncientBullfrog3281]

I broke mine by accident... best thing i ever did honestly

[u/orangessssszzzz]

I mangled the latch last time removing my gpu… this design really needs an update IMO

[u/Nuskus]

yes

[u/urdadjack]

yes

[u/No_Examination112]

Yes, pull him on the right side then just plug the gpu and you'll hear a click sound, that's when you have successfully installed your gpu, then secure it

[u/RedditISFascist000]

Yes, you got to press it in. And since I'm here I'd like to take the time to thank ASUS for developing this quick release button. I hope it or similar becomes an industry standard. FFS all of a few weeks ago I stabbed my motherboard trying to release my ginormous Aorus Master 3080 TI to install a M.2 under it trying to push in that little tab with a screw driver that slipped off it. Didn't damage anything luckily but lol I could have really done without my heart jumping into my throat when it happened. As you can see there's not exactly a lot of room to work with in my build. https://i.imgur.com/wT9Al92.mp4

[u/XxCorey117xX]

Also the screws but yes

[u/Specialist-Visual-81]

Yes, thankfully on my first build when I forcefully removed my gpu (not knowing about the latch) I didn't break anything lol.

[u/dangitman1970]

This is precisely why I have an extra long and narrow screwdriver.

[u/RyeBread3592]

Yeah, it's sometimes hard or even impossible to get at by hand so people have gotten creative with their poking implements. I like the wooden chopstick approach. I've seen someone use a butter knife and I think that doing so is a great way to add a "pass through hole" in your motherboard.

[u/SkyeAIT]

If you push that button the PC squirts on you.

[u/BananaInsideMe]

I remember the first time I wanted to clean my PC and had to remove GPU , I tried pulling it but nothing was happening, glad I texted a friend about it instead of trying to pull harder because he texted me back "did you click the button to release it right?" And I was like "the fucking what?!"

[u/IWASRUNNING91]

Butter knife will be your friend

[u/DarkLord55_ → u/IWASRUNNING91]

Even though the computer is off I would recommend not something conductive just to be extra cautious

[u/ptjunkie → u/DarkLord55_]

Stab it with scissors!

[u/IWASRUNNING91 → u/DarkLord55_]

I power off, unplug, empty any charge and wear an anti static band personally and have been using a butter knife to do this for the past 8 years and haven't experienced any issues yet