Hey guys.
Today I received my Sapphire Radeon HD 7870, I removed my old one and clicked it in. And saw that only one fan was moving, I unplugged it to asses whether the other was broken and it didn't appear to be, I placed it back in and then saw the same.
After 30 seconds or so I noticed that two SATAs were directly underneath the second fan causing it to stay still, the first fan however had stopped and my PC shutdown, uh-oh. I then rerouted the SATAs and removed the GPU.
I saw a wisp of smoke rise from the first fan on my GPU, but surely it can't be fried nor overheated because It wasn't even under a heavy load and surely the second fan should be fried from trying to resist the SATA. I was just wondering if I should wait a day or two before trying again or whether I've fried it and should ask for a replacement?
Thanks in advance!
Today I received my Sapphire Radeon HD 7870, I removed my old one and clicked it in. And saw that only one fan was moving, I unplugged it to asses whether the other was broken and it didn't appear to be, I placed it back in and then saw the same.
After 30 seconds or so I noticed that two SATAs were directly underneath the second fan causing it to stay still, the first fan however had stopped and my PC shutdown, uh-oh. I then rerouted the SATAs and removed the GPU.
I saw a wisp of smoke rise from the first fan on my GPU, but surely it can't be fried nor overheated because It wasn't even under a heavy load and surely the second fan should be fried from trying to resist the SATA. I was just wondering if I should wait a day or two before trying again or whether I've fried it and should ask for a replacement?
Thanks in advance!
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