i hatched mine . never seen one anywhere . I wish you luck my friend but I know you will get one <| sep |> Thank you ! It looks awesome ! <| sep |> The latch on the PCIE slot needs to be fully depressed . Any retention mechanism on your rear IO slots needs to be removed . The card should only require a slight upward and outward motion to remove when done properly . Are you sure you properly cleaned , reapplied , and reattached the cooler ? Temperatures that high indicate something was done wrong . Yes , you could use the SATA cables from your optical drive for a SSD . Using a 3 gbs port will cause the maximum throughput of the drive to drop . You should however be able to use the 6 gbs ports blocked by your GPU if you use a right angle connection cable .