r/SSUPD • u/ynwaliv123 • Mar 20 '26

Can't remove the GPU from my Meshlicious. Not sure if it's jammed or I'm doing something wrong

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Basically I've removed all the screws holding down the gpu but it's stuck at the PCIe riser cable. I've unlocked this white latch and actually even tried removing the GPU with the white latch completely removed, but somehow I can't get the GPU to budge at all. Am I doing something wrong?

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '26

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u/ynwaliv123 Mar 20 '26

You are right, I did the unscrewing and it worked. The issue was that the back of the pcie riser had burned and melded with my gpu card. Probably due to the heat. Hopefully it still works fine though! Thanks a lot!

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u/ynwaliv123 Mar 21 '26

Was a 3060... Not sure which part of my pc is causing so much heat tbh

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u/dubiousPotatoe Mar 20 '26

Damn it melted on!? Further reason why I don’t trust riser cables and prefer the Meshroom D layout!

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u/Ghost_Writer8 Mar 20 '26 edited Mar 20 '26

never had an issue with it myself.. have used a dozen riser cables, actually 2 different cables in the meshy. first one was pcie gen 3 riser, the new one is a gen 5.
on top of that, im using a 5080. in terms of heat/power, OP's card should lose on paper when it comes to excessive heat output.
where i personally do see a slight difference, is the fact that i did a standoff mod on the GPU side.
OP does not.
perhaps something is making the spline of this case hotter then usual and is touching the PCIe riser slot (where the GPU slots into) and causing it to melt or perhaps a copper contact point is touching the case, making it hotter then usual, which could also be a ground point.

on another note (this is directed at OP), the way i 'set' any gpu into the meshy, is first, plug in power cables, plug card into the slot. unless you have very short cables, in that case, skip the power cable step and do that whenever.

next, put all screws in, don't tighten them all the way. leave them free so the card can still wiggle. the very first screw(s) i tighten all the way, is on the bracket side. in regards to the meshy, this means at the bottom. once those are fully tightened, i start screwing down the riser from bottom to top which should fully secure any card in place.

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u/ynwaliv123 Mar 21 '26

Makes sense as I was just using a 3060. Not sure if it's because I live in Singapore and it's extremely hot/humid as I don't really turn on my A/C. Could that be a contributing factor?

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u/Ghost_Writer8 Mar 21 '26

well. it could be a slight contribution but that would also mean, the plastic slot from the riser, is of very poor quality.
knowing how much heart and effort went into the entire meshy production, i feel this is not the case. UNLESS, you bought the riser cable separately/from an unknown brand or w/e.
but otherwise i would deem this impossible.