I built a new gaming PC 2 weeks ago and as part of that build I purchased one of these:
Asus GTX760 DirectCU II OC 2GB GDDR5 6008Mhz/ 256 bit / PCI-E 3.0 / DVI-I/ DVI-D/ Display Port 1.2 / HDMI, Base: 1006Mhz Boost: 1072Mhz
I've never had problems with Asus hardware before and all has run smooth since I built the PC.
After work this afternoon my steam download of Bioshock Infinite finally finished so I sat down to try it out. Ironically just as the "AMD gaming evolved" logo came up on the screen the monitor went blank and the PC shut off instantly. The PC wouldn't power on, it was completely dead apart from the green LED on the graphics card. I went through a process of elimination unplugging the power from the fans, hard drives etc to see if there was a short somewhere that the PSU was detecting and refusing to power on. When I removed the 6+2pin power connection for the graphics card and powered the machine on it started but something crazy happened..
There was the most bizarre sound coming from my case. It's hard to describe but it sounded like when a match first lights, the sound of the ignition but lasting for several seconds. I dive down to the side of my case and I am amazed to see the backside (top) of my graphics card is on fire. I'm not talking about a few flames, I'm talking about a fire that was burning with the same kind of effect you see when you light a sparkler or similar, like a fire trying to eat it's way out of the card with force... if you get my meaning. You can see the scorch marks where it was coming out. I dive to the power cable and it stops right away....
I guess the PSU was able to detect the short in the graphics card when one of the components went and safe it, but was unable to detect the same short when it was just getting some power from the PCI-E slot.
A couple of things to make clear:
- The computer as a whole is OK, I am typing this on the integrated graphics.
- I have one hell of a headache from whatever chemical it released when it burned.
- The card was not overclocked, running at factory speeds.
- There was nothing touching the back of the card, the card in the next slot up is a wireless card which got pretty well toasted (was completely black) but still seems to work OK.
Couple of questions for you guys:
- As the card is less than two weeks old I think I can take it back to the store. Do you guys think I should I try my luck with the store first or contact Asus directly?
- Is there any chance that the graphics card is not the problem here and that this is a symptom of something else? I know it's a long shot I just want to be sure this wont happen again.
I'm also quite scared about this happening again if I get the same card.. wouldn't want this to happen while nobody is home.. or worse somebody is asleep.
Asus GTX760 DirectCU II OC 2GB GDDR5 6008Mhz/ 256 bit / PCI-E 3.0 / DVI-I/ DVI-D/ Display Port 1.2 / HDMI, Base: 1006Mhz Boost: 1072Mhz
I've never had problems with Asus hardware before and all has run smooth since I built the PC.
After work this afternoon my steam download of Bioshock Infinite finally finished so I sat down to try it out. Ironically just as the "AMD gaming evolved" logo came up on the screen the monitor went blank and the PC shut off instantly. The PC wouldn't power on, it was completely dead apart from the green LED on the graphics card. I went through a process of elimination unplugging the power from the fans, hard drives etc to see if there was a short somewhere that the PSU was detecting and refusing to power on. When I removed the 6+2pin power connection for the graphics card and powered the machine on it started but something crazy happened..
There was the most bizarre sound coming from my case. It's hard to describe but it sounded like when a match first lights, the sound of the ignition but lasting for several seconds. I dive down to the side of my case and I am amazed to see the backside (top) of my graphics card is on fire. I'm not talking about a few flames, I'm talking about a fire that was burning with the same kind of effect you see when you light a sparkler or similar, like a fire trying to eat it's way out of the card with force... if you get my meaning. You can see the scorch marks where it was coming out. I dive to the power cable and it stops right away....
I guess the PSU was able to detect the short in the graphics card when one of the components went and safe it, but was unable to detect the same short when it was just getting some power from the PCI-E slot.
A couple of things to make clear:
- The computer as a whole is OK, I am typing this on the integrated graphics.
- I have one hell of a headache from whatever chemical it released when it burned.
- The card was not overclocked, running at factory speeds.
- There was nothing touching the back of the card, the card in the next slot up is a wireless card which got pretty well toasted (was completely black) but still seems to work OK.
Couple of questions for you guys:
- As the card is less than two weeks old I think I can take it back to the store. Do you guys think I should I try my luck with the store first or contact Asus directly?
- Is there any chance that the graphics card is not the problem here and that this is a symptom of something else? I know it's a long shot I just want to be sure this wont happen again.
I'm also quite scared about this happening again if I get the same card.. wouldn't want this to happen while nobody is home.. or worse somebody is asleep.
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