I have a Promise FashTrak S150 TX2 stores in a drawer. Probably because I put something heavy on top, I noticed the circuit board is bent.
Is there an easy way to straighten out the circuit board? Or I should be able to use it as is?
Probably safer to use it as is. Inspect it closely for damage, bent chip legs broken off smd stuff etc.
Bending it back can be risky.
Heat and time may do it for you.
A trip through the oven on 150-200f might straighten it out. Physically bending it back I’d be wary.
Get a PCI riser cable, heat it up and bend the socket so it fits the card, then use it that way /s
If you end up deciding to try to bend the PC back then at least do it slowly. Put something not too heavy on top and wait for, say, at least a couple weeks.
Thanks @Sphere478 and @elszgensa I don't see any broken ICs/components, I will try to test it as is.
Agree ! If some of the board was bent but the PCI part was still fairly straight would try as is but even the slot connection is warped....
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It's a PCI SATA card. I would just make it go into a PCI slot.
If it works you are done. If it doesn't work, it is probably not related to the bend... so I'd just look for another one.
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The bend doesn't look severe, I would just put it into a PCI slot and over time it will get its original shape back.
Other option is to put it in a vice, and heat it up with a heatgun which will be able to put it back into original shape, this is actually how I have straigtened out some bigger cards that have flexed for whatever reason.
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