replace AGP slot?

[rob1101]

Ok I have an old K7S5A Motherboard and the agp slot is physically damaged (back end is broken off) tried putting a few (tested and working) agp cards in the slot just for the heck of it to see if it worked, but it was a no go (got a nice tune from POST confirming it was a problem with the graphics). Then I put a PCI card in there and PC boots up fine.

I have a few dead MOBOs(ones the exact same model actually) around with perfectly healthy agp slots. So could I just solder on one of the other ones? Or would the heat destroy the MOBO even more?

[OggeOJ]

This has been done before, cant remember his name, but his avatar. Look for the guy with the magnifier in his eye

[K404]

If you're a really good solderer, sure it can work

[rob1101]

lol the only thing im trying to figure out is how will i pull the pins out before they cool, there's like 50 of em? I might have to break down and buy a solder sucker.

[Hidetaka]

The "magnifier in the eye guy" is tiro_uspsss.

[tiro_uspsss]

hello

its do-able

the mobo with the broken AGP slot: is it just the plastic slot thingy or pins as well?

[rob1101]

hello

its do-able

the mobo with the broken AGP slot: is it just the plastic slot thingy or pins as well?

im not sure my guess would be yes atleast a few pins are broken, its just broken so close to the point where the pins start

I saw your topic and im still trying to figure out how in the hell did you get the plasic slot off without taking out the pins?!?! any tips?

[tiro_uspsss]

im not sure my guess would be yes atleast a few pins are broken, its just broken so close to the point where the pins start

I saw your topic and im still trying to figure out how in the hell did you get the plasic slot off without taking out the pins?!?! any tips?

could u post a pic?

to remove a/any slot, use a very strong, consistant & steady pull - a hard yank *might* do it put ur likely to lose control once it flys off

[rob1101]

sorry for the crappy pic, can't find my brothers camera right now(uh oh...)

as you can see the back is just simply broken off, and i have tried just temporarily putting pressure on the back end while it boots to see if that works but it did not. I will give one of my dead boards a yank to see if that works thanks for the tip

[rob1101]

well its fixed now, once I had some decent light I could see that the last 2 pins were bent. Just bent them back with my pocket knife. Saves me the headache of having to replace the slot any way thanks for the help.

ps: w00t no more 4bit color

[tiro_uspsss]

well its fixed now, once I had some decent light I could see that the last 2 pins were bent. Just bent them back with my pocket knife. Saves me the headache of having to replace the slot any way thanks for the help.

ps: w00t no more 4bit color

cool, good stuff, glad to hear its sorted!