So I installed an Arctic Accelero Xtreme III on a 290x made sure to follow all instructions etc. even found this http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/r9-290-accelero-xtreme-290,3671.html . So I turned it on and there was a pop and a bit of smoke came from around that part where you plug in the power. All seems to be working fine though, the gpu temp was 30 C. There is also another cable on the heatsink with 07V and 12V on it, I connected that to the power supply. It doesn't say anywhere what they're for but they have that power connector. Is that where I screwed up?
UPDATE:
Yes, it seems that is where I screwed up. the cooler has 2 connectors on 1 cable, one you put in the graphics card and the other one is god knows what's for. So the cooler also came with another cable that fits into this second one and has a connector like the one you put the PSU cables into. The black wire is fried and it even broke in half.
UPDATE:
Yes, it seems that is where I screwed up. the cooler has 2 connectors on 1 cable, one you put in the graphics card and the other one is god knows what's for. So the cooler also came with another cable that fits into this second one and has a connector like the one you put the PSU cables into. The black wire is fried and it even broke in half.
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