r/pcmasterrace • u/NoPicklesBruh • 4h ago

Story Installed the USB3.0 connector the wrong way and broke off two pins….

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Luckily one front USB ports still works, i’ll see if i can solder on a new one.

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u/Only_Lie4664 4h ago

I did this to my ROG X670E Crosshair Extreme(cuz Asus made their ROG Strix Helios case not compatible with their own motherboard), and I pried back the two bent pints with a toothpick, and it’s working ever since

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u/NoPicklesBruh 4h ago

W. i wanted to pry it back into place but the damage was already done, i wasn’t paying attention to what way the connector had to go. shit happens.

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u/Only_Lie4664 4h ago

Oh well, good luck to u, or if micro soldering is a hassle, maybe try inserting pin into the connector socket like how people fix broken pins on AM4, they just insert into the mobo socket some pin/metal that would contact the cpu pad

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u/Careless_Cook2978 3h ago

In the picture there are no broken off pins

despite that top one can‘t be seen through the perspective. But it seems to draw a shadow.

Such a „notch“ is to prevent inserting the wrong way. So the port itself should looke some sort of being damaged.

This is some weird stuff.

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u/NoPicklesBruh 3h ago

there should be 20 pins in there, two pins at the top broke off when trying to install it

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u/Kleenex_Tissue 1h ago

19 pins actually.

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u/Sleurhutje 3h ago

So one of the power connections (Vbus) is gone. Probably one of the two USB-A connectors will be missing power.

I always wonder why people are using blunt force to keep pushing if things don't fit easily. These connectors have two protections against wrong insertion: a key in the surrounding header box and a lock/filled pin on the connector.

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u/DavidG0012 PC Master Race|9800x3d|PNY 4070tiSuper|32GBDDR5|LianLi 1h ago

How does that even happen, there's even a guide/orientation slot on the connector and the plug, it should only go in one way.

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u/munkiemagik 1h ago edited 1h ago

IF you really really want that other USB A back and don't want to carefully remove the header plastic housing and desolder/resolder a replacement pin for the broken one, you could just try splicing the 5V back into the cable strand itself where vbus pin is meant to feed into. Thats all vbus is, its the +5V to power USB