- Nov 7, 2010
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Hi all,
My EVGA GTX 570 SC just blew up on me.
I run 2 of these cards in SLI. The idle temperatures were 45-50 degrees C no problem.
I loaded a game of DOTA2 and my PC immediately shut down. I turned the PC back on and checked the temperatures of my cards. They were around 45-50 degrees again.
I loaded a graphics benching program while monitoring my GPU temperatures with MSI afterburner. The PC immediately shut down again. In the extremely short period of time while the PC was on, the GPU temps did not increase.
I smelt burning this time so I opened my case and checked the graphics card. The rear part of the card, near the power inlets was EXTREMELY hot. However touching the PCB where the core was seemed relatively normal temperature for a GPU that had just been turned off.
This leads me to believe that a part of the card at the rear is overheating, not the core itself. Any ideas what it could be? I too scared to try the card again, as I don't want to break it further.
Are there any tests I should do before I attempt to RMA the card? Would dismantling it to see what has burnt up invalidate my warranty?
I'm fairly miffed at this, but I'm assuming there should be no problems RMAing the card if it has been used completely normally?
I look forward to your responses.
Regards,
Dan
My EVGA GTX 570 SC just blew up on me.
I run 2 of these cards in SLI. The idle temperatures were 45-50 degrees C no problem.
I loaded a game of DOTA2 and my PC immediately shut down. I turned the PC back on and checked the temperatures of my cards. They were around 45-50 degrees again.
I loaded a graphics benching program while monitoring my GPU temperatures with MSI afterburner. The PC immediately shut down again. In the extremely short period of time while the PC was on, the GPU temps did not increase.
I smelt burning this time so I opened my case and checked the graphics card. The rear part of the card, near the power inlets was EXTREMELY hot. However touching the PCB where the core was seemed relatively normal temperature for a GPU that had just been turned off.
This leads me to believe that a part of the card at the rear is overheating, not the core itself. Any ideas what it could be? I too scared to try the card again, as I don't want to break it further.
Are there any tests I should do before I attempt to RMA the card? Would dismantling it to see what has burnt up invalidate my warranty?
I'm fairly miffed at this, but I'm assuming there should be no problems RMAing the card if it has been used completely normally?
I look forward to your responses.
Regards,
Dan
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