- Jul 13, 2013
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This is probably a stupid question. Long story short: I just assembled a new build, hit the power button, and my new Gigabyte GTX 760 literally started producing black smoke. It was either a faulty card, or I screwed something up. I want to make sure.
The GPU I have has 2 power connectors: a 6 pin and an 8 pin. I assume that they both have to be connected?
I have a Thermaltake 850W modular power supply. It included 2 cables (labeled PCI-E) that have a 6+2 pin connector (2 pins kinda hanging off the side). Each cable actually has 2 of those connectors daisy chained.
Thinking it would be silly to just connect the same cable twice, I used 2 separate cables, from the PSU, to the graphics card. In one port, I just plugged in the 6pin connector and left the +2 pins hanging. In the other port, I plugged in all 8.
However, this card got absolutely fried, producing smelly black smoke when I powered on. The computer (both before and after) seems fine. The PSU is brand new.
Did I connect this wrong? Should I have just used 1 of the cables from the PSU?
The GPU I have has 2 power connectors: a 6 pin and an 8 pin. I assume that they both have to be connected?
I have a Thermaltake 850W modular power supply. It included 2 cables (labeled PCI-E) that have a 6+2 pin connector (2 pins kinda hanging off the side). Each cable actually has 2 of those connectors daisy chained.
Thinking it would be silly to just connect the same cable twice, I used 2 separate cables, from the PSU, to the graphics card. In one port, I just plugged in the 6pin connector and left the +2 pins hanging. In the other port, I plugged in all 8.
However, this card got absolutely fried, producing smelly black smoke when I powered on. The computer (both before and after) seems fine. The PSU is brand new.
Did I connect this wrong? Should I have just used 1 of the cables from the PSU?
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