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W123
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 Posted: Tue, 5th Nov 2013 07:16 Post subject: Anyone ever had a GPU fire? |
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So was playing some Prophecy of Pendor (Mount and Blade mod) when all of a sudden my PC shut off. Thinking DOH.. my new corsair 850watt PSU just died... i take off the covers and try booting up the PC again. Takes a few tries and it comes on. Within about 5 seconds i see sparks and some flame on the GPU (HD7950), near where the 2 six pin connectors are. Shit, so i power it off obviously and the flames stop. Remove the GPU, PC powers on but does not POST and does not get into BIOS. Try resetting the CMOS, reseating the battery, removing RAM dimms, unplugging hard drives, etc. No BIOS. Only flashing blue lights on the MOBO (MSI Z77-G45). Run to the store and buy a 500 watt PSU for testing purposes. Powers on but same deal with the blinking blue LEDs.
I conclude my mobo was taken out by the GPU. Hopefully my 3570K is unscathed. Sound about right? Any other suggestions? Looking at the back of the GPU on the PCB i dont see any burn marks or black scorch marks or anything like that. Strange.
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Werelds
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| Posted: Tue, 5th Nov 2013 11:05 Post subject: |
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That sounds like you short circuited something.
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AnarchoS
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| Posted: Tue, 5th Nov 2013 13:08 Post subject: |
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I've used GPUs at extreme clocks (for air cooling) I even used a GPU without a cooler, I have never heard of anything like this. Might've been a short circuit like werelds says.
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AnarchoS
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| Posted: Tue, 5th Nov 2013 14:04 Post subject: |
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| Mister_s wrote: | | I've used GPUs at extreme clocks (for air cooling) I even used a GPU without a cooler, I have never heard of anything like this. Might've been a short circuit like werelds says. |
Its not the GPU but power circuitry. Mosfet or a capacitor short.
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| Posted: Tue, 5th Nov 2013 14:34 Post subject: |
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I mean videocard with GPU obviously.
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| Posted: Tue, 5th Nov 2013 23:43 Post subject: |
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A power supply back in the Pentium 4 days yes
A GPU never though
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ixigia
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| Posted: Wed, 6th Nov 2013 05:56 Post subject: |
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Not fire.. but some smoke, yes. From my old 8800GTX, it lasted me 6 months and I believe it couldn't take it anymore after I tried to play Crysis 1 at high details. Thankfully I got the 4870 as a replacement, that one lasted me until 2011 when I installed Rage. It died two days later along with my PSU and motherboard 
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W123
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| Posted: Wed, 6th Nov 2013 09:40 Post subject: |
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Got new board coming in on friday (same MSI). Then I'll see if my CPU is fukked. Will have to hold off on a new GPU for a while.
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tonizito
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| Posted: Wed, 17th Jun 2015 20:58 Post subject: |
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Ghetto mod complete!
I just hope I'm posting this in the wrong thread 
| boundle (thoughts on cracking AITD) wrote: | | i guess thouth if without a legit key the installation was rolling back we are all fucking then |
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russ80
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| Posted: Wed, 17th Jun 2015 22:17 Post subject: |
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Hopefully he has a new card by now.
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Morphineus
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| Posted: Wed, 17th Jun 2015 23:04 Post subject: |
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Ghetto mods rock, what card did you get Toni?
@Russ
Shit son, at least use that IQ to spot ancient posts  
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tonizito
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| Posted: Wed, 17th Jun 2015 23:21 Post subject: |
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Nothing yet, seen some R9 380 benches but those are looking like 960 levels of pathetic. More and more I'm considering just going all out for a 970
| boundle (thoughts on cracking AITD) wrote: | | i guess thouth if without a legit key the installation was rolling back we are all fucking then |
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ixigia
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| Posted: Thu, 18th Jun 2015 03:07 Post subject: |
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| tonizito wrote: | | Nothing yet, seen some R9 380 benches but those are looking like 960 levels of pathetic. More and more I'm considering just going all out for a 970 |
*one of us, one of us*
It has survived one week with 32°C inside and Geralt running almost 24/7, the ultimate fire test xD |
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proekaan
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| Posted: Thu, 18th Jun 2015 14:44 Post subject: |
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| tonizito wrote: | | Nothing yet, seen some R9 380 benches but those are looking like 960 levels of pathetic. More and more I'm considering just going all out for a 970 |
Of course it's 960 level of pathetic,because it's in the same price range.
R9 390 is in the same price range as 970.
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tonizito
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| Posted: Thu, 18th Jun 2015 15:21 Post subject: |
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| proekaan wrote: | Of course it's 960 level of pathetic,because it's in the same price range.
R9 390 is in the same price range as 970. |
Well it's not supposed to, especially since it's released months after the 960
It was supposed to be beating the shit out of it.
Still waiting for more reviews on all new and "new" AMD GPU's
| boundle (thoughts on cracking AITD) wrote: | | i guess thouth if without a legit key the installation was rolling back we are all fucking then |
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| Posted: Thu, 25th Jun 2015 03:28 Post subject: |
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| tonizito wrote: | Ghetto mod complete!
I just hope I'm posting this in the wrong thread
[img]http://i.imgur.com/wdVn1Tu.jpg[/im]
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WELCOME IN DA MOTHER FUCKING CLUB !!!
had to do the same ... |
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| Posted: Thu, 25th Jun 2015 04:19 Post subject: |
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PSU went up in flames once. Fortunately i was in the room when it happened.
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Morphineus
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| Posted: Thu, 25th Jun 2015 12:47 Post subject: |
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| Stormwolf wrote: | | PSU went up in flames once. Fortunately i was in the room when it happened. |
Ouch, those can become quite nasty.
Only had things like that happening at work. Tho the fires were rare, usually was just shorts with no flame going on.  |
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| Posted: Thu, 25th Jun 2015 13:57 Post subject: |
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old crt years ago, didnt know if it catched fire but huge amounts of smoke came out of the case. unplugged it like speedy gonzales and throw it on the porch ^^
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Invasor
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| Posted: Thu, 25th Jun 2015 15:21 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Thu, 25th Jun 2015 15:33 Post subject: |
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but i was kinda prepared. buzzed and had display errors sometimes (most of the time when cold powered on) for a few weeks before ^^
cheap psu of a friend exploded on a lan too (killed everything in his pc except his harddrive), man that smell. took one week to get that out of the living room
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tonizito
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| Posted: Tue, 4th Aug 2015 18:15 Post subject: |
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...close enough
RIP Corsair TX 650 
Bought one of these, should be more than enough:
http://xfxforce.com/en-us/products/ts-series-full-wired/ts-series-550w-psu-p1-550s-xxb9
Everything else was prohibitively expensive since, you know, I just bought a 970 a few weeks back. I'll know when it gets here if anything else besides the PSU went kaput but I think not.
| boundle (thoughts on cracking AITD) wrote: | | i guess thouth if without a legit key the installation was rolling back we are all fucking then |
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tonizito
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| Posted: Wed, 12th Jul 2017 14:59 Post subject: |
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Not yet...
But it might be soon. I should know stuff like this, but... will I have any issues if I connect my PC to an ungrounded socket?
| boundle (thoughts on cracking AITD) wrote: | | i guess thouth if without a legit key the installation was rolling back we are all fucking then |
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| Posted: Wed, 12th Jul 2017 15:31 Post subject: |
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Nope. It's just for your protection in case of catastrophic electrical failure.
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Luckily only the card died and I got a new one.
