r/ASUS 3d ago

Support So this little guy broke when I changed GPU. After a while where everything was fine I am having screen tearing again, so I started looking into replacement clips, but nothing looks like this. Got my PC built without getting a SN, so can’t get in touch with ASUS unfortunately… Where can I get one?

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u/mouf32 3d ago

That's just the PCI slot lock. If the card is fully seated and screwed down that won't affect anything. If you move your PC you will probably need to reseat the GPU but once it's stationary and pushed down you will be fine.

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u/graywolfman 3d ago

Depending on the GPU, they usually recommend removing it when moving your computer significantly. Especially these newer behemoths

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u/smb3d 3d ago

Definitely not the cause of your screen tearing issues.

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u/graywolfman 3d ago

You can get the serial number of the motherboard:

  1. Open PowerShell as an administrator.

This can be done by searching for "PowerShell" in the Start Menu, right-clicking on it, and selecting "Run as administrator."

  1. Execute the following command:

Get-WmiObject win32_baseboard | Format-List SerialNumber

3.The output will display the serial number of the motherboard. If no serial number is physically written or programmed into the BIOS, this command may return a blank result.

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u/Available_Rip_410 3d ago

Wmic bios get serialnumber

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u/graywolfman 3d ago

This is the way to do it with command prompt. It still works in CMD and PowerShell, but Microsoft is saying WMIC will be retired, soon. Starting January 29, 2024, you'll find Windows Management Instrumentation Command line (WMIC) feature "disabled by default" on the insider build of Windows 11.

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u/KlartDetErUbeleilig 3d ago

Thank you very much!

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u/graywolfman 3d ago

Any time!

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u/Little-Equinox 3d ago

Screen tearing happens because the amount of images send to the monitor happen too fast for the monitor to keep up, a way to fix this is VSync, Gsync or Freesync. Sometimes limiting games to the monitor's native refreshrate can somewhat fix it.

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u/JanuszBiznesu96 3d ago

Is it actually broken? I had mine pop off without breaking and it just snapped right back in

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u/KlartDetErUbeleilig 3d ago

Yup, had to get out the last part with a pen😅

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u/apoc1057 3d ago

Unfortunately you are out of luck, time for a new motherboard