GA-X58A-UD5 not posting

[thepurser]

Hello all. Sorry for the break. Had a busy weekend!
Well, I dropped the PC into my local repair shop, (they do a free inspection) and it appears the PCI slot has split under the weight of the graphics card.
Would explain the lack of video output!!
Waiting to hear back from them with a solution but assuming it mens a new board.
Very surprised the Motherboard isn't strong enough to support the larger modern cards!
Thanks for all the help.
Just need to find a solution for supporting the back of the graphics card once its all sorted now.

[Dark Mantis]

I know some of the bigger new cards are quite heavy but I am surprised that they would be enough to split a PCIe slot   Maybe it was faulty in the first place. I have never heard of it before.

[thepurser]

Is it worth trying for a warranty replacement do you think?
(Card was bought new from Scan 11th Jan 2010)
Can always be argues that it was not fit for purpose? 

[Dark Mantis]

It is the motherboard manufacturer you would have to take it up with because the cards will all be the same weight and unless you could prove that many of them were doing the same thing you wouldn't have any grounds. At least with the motherboard if the slot was faulty/weak then that would account for a one off fault.

[absic]

Only time I have come across this is when someone tried too hard to insert the Graphics card. Not sure if you would be able to prove it was due to faulty manufacture rather than heavy handedness.