this defective pci-e extender ok to use?

[WhiteFireDragon]

i think i just got a lemon pci-e 1x from hong kong. certain pins seem to be bad, so i'm wondering if these certain pins are crucial to the functionality of this extender. i looked at wikipedia for the pci-e pinouts, and i boxed the pins that are defective in red:



basically there are two 3.3v and two ground pins gone. since the most important power line is the 12v line, and also since there is still one functinal 3.3v line, would it be ok to not have the two missing 3.3v lines? and also the grounds aren't that important, and since there are plenty other ground leads, two missing grounds should be fine, right?

[acebmxer]

Did you get this off ebay? Does it look like this. http://cgi.ebay.com/PCI-Express-PCI-...item45fb7bf6ef I only ask because I just ordered 2 my self.

[WhiteFireDragon]

nope, i got them from a seller named "everydaygadget", and it's a x1 cable, not x16 like the one you linked. here's the one i got:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWNX:IT

[Hondacity]

try it out with a cheap gpu...my first one was bad...2nd one was working perfectly