GPU TRAPPED inside of motherboard and case

All 4 of the NVMe slots are currently occupied, but the second PCIe 5 x16 slot is unoccupied It's to my understanding only the two slots

slot cooling solutions, but ATI's X1800 XT and nVidia's GeForce 7800 GTX both sport them, thanks to high clock speeds and 512MB frame buffers

gpu blocking pcie slot Is Your GPU Plugged Into The Wrong PCIe Slot? · Computer Stuck at BIOS Screen(GIGABYTE

gpu stuck in slot I use a bamboo or wooden chopstick to push down the latch on the slot AFAIK, I think some newer boards already have re-designed PCIE slot latch