when I was installing my GTX 1070 I noticed that thier was a hole near the slot bracket (same with my old GTX 770 ACX)
 
what always make me nervous is when I try to mount the screws is they could slip and fall inside the video card so I used a piece of masking tape as a temporary safeguard
 
This problem should really be fixed evga needs to add a piece to the side of the card to cover that hole
 

Inventive... to say the least.

_Nite_
when I was installing my GTX 1070 I noticed that thier was a hole near the slot bracket (same with my old GTX 770 ACX)
 
what always make me nervous is when I try to mount the screws is they could slip and fall inside the video card so I used a piece of masking tape as a temporary safeguard
 
This problem should really be fixed evga needs to add a piece to the side of the card to cover that hole
 

What about that giant 'hole' where you mount the second screw? My solution is to put the screws in with a magnetic screw driver and with the GPU's horizontal with the case upright. That way you don't have to worry about the screws falling in the GPU or onto the motherboard. And, for aesthetic purposes, you can adjust the GPU so that it has little or no sag.

HeavyHemi "magnetic screw driver"
Same Here
 
But being that you do not have any Power Going to the MB you would only need to remove the Graphics Card and dump the screw out.

"Design Flaw" lol. "User Error" perhaps.

I am not sure it is a flaw when it is all the rage. :-)
 

 

 

 

 
 
The only two I could find during a quick search that didn't have this special feature. 
 

 

 
 

All flawed!

HeavyHemi

_Nite_
when I was installing my GTX 1070 I noticed that thier was a hole near the slot bracket (same with my old GTX 770 ACX)
 
what always make me nervous is when I try to mount the screws is they could slip and fall inside the video card so I used a piece of masking tape as a temporary safeguard
 
This problem should really be fixed evga needs to add a piece to the side of the card to cover that hole
 

What about that giant 'hole' where you mount the second screw? My solution is to put the screws in with a magnetic screw driver and with the GPU's horizontal with the case upright. That way you don't have to worry about the screws falling in the GPU or onto the motherboard. And, for aesthetic purposes, you can adjust the GPU so that it has little or no sag.

Having the case upright would put stress on the PCI-E slot due to the weight of the GPU not a very good idea to do that
 
as for the magnetic screw drivers its ussually not a good idea to have anything magnetic around the computer

Magnetic screwdriver=better than taking the card out, turning it upside-down and shaking the dang screw out, lol. Its happened a few times.

3etatester
All flawed!

LOL