- Jul 10, 2014
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I got a Sapphire R9 280x 3gb 384bit GPU and it caught fire... Scenario: Scenario: I bought brandnew parts of a gaming rig, except for the GPU (4 months old now) then i tried it out.
At 2AM, I Installed all the parts, installed OS then installed drivers and then watched movies until 5AM and left it On until i woke up 11 or 12PM. When I woke up I decided to reformat my PC because of driver issues regarding hdmi sound output and I wanted another partition.. Then reinstalled OS, reinstalled drivers and after 30-40 mins from reformatting the PC and I was only at the desktop installing some programs(7zip,poweriso,etc) my rig suddenly turned off with a spark coming from the case. I just ignored it and turned it on again, but to my surprise, the PC after 1-2 seconds of the HDD LED, it shut OFF and I saw a fire on my GPU just near the pins, and it looked like a matchstick.. The fire lasted for 1-3 seconds max... I immediately unplugged the pc and got my gpu then checked if it's properly inserted, also the pins.. Then I cleaned it to make sure there's no dust, and plugged it back again. Same thing happned, there was a fire like a matchstick.
I decided to go to a licensed computer technician at 5pm, they tried the pc on the other PSU and put the GPU on the other pci slot and put the mobo on a flat wooden surface.. but Boom! just the same. it lit fire and smelled burnt plastic inside their shop. After all of that, the technicians still did not know the main cause of it :/ Does anyone know? I'll attach Pics, and here's my Specs btw:
AMD FX6300 (brandnew) 8gb(2x4gb) 1866mhz Gskill ripjaws (brandnew) Gigabyte 970 DS3P (brandnew) Sapphire Dual X r9 280x 3gb 384 bit (4months old and had no problem at all) Corsair VS650 (brandnew)
Thank you so much if you could enlighten me with the cause
of this problem..
PS: The GPU was already RMAed and received the replacement last week but i haven't used it until now. so scared to try.. Is it mobo? pcie slot? psu? or the gpu itself? if you know something tell me
Here are the pictures of the gpu:
http://www.techsupportforum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=182929&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1404066306
http://www.techsupportforum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=182945&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1404066306
http://www.techsupportforum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=182953&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1404066306
It is right here:
http://www.techsupportforum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=182937&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1404066306
At 2AM, I Installed all the parts, installed OS then installed drivers and then watched movies until 5AM and left it On until i woke up 11 or 12PM. When I woke up I decided to reformat my PC because of driver issues regarding hdmi sound output and I wanted another partition.. Then reinstalled OS, reinstalled drivers and after 30-40 mins from reformatting the PC and I was only at the desktop installing some programs(7zip,poweriso,etc) my rig suddenly turned off with a spark coming from the case. I just ignored it and turned it on again, but to my surprise, the PC after 1-2 seconds of the HDD LED, it shut OFF and I saw a fire on my GPU just near the pins, and it looked like a matchstick.. The fire lasted for 1-3 seconds max... I immediately unplugged the pc and got my gpu then checked if it's properly inserted, also the pins.. Then I cleaned it to make sure there's no dust, and plugged it back again. Same thing happned, there was a fire like a matchstick.
I decided to go to a licensed computer technician at 5pm, they tried the pc on the other PSU and put the GPU on the other pci slot and put the mobo on a flat wooden surface.. but Boom! just the same. it lit fire and smelled burnt plastic inside their shop. After all of that, the technicians still did not know the main cause of it :/ Does anyone know? I'll attach Pics, and here's my Specs btw:
AMD FX6300 (brandnew) 8gb(2x4gb) 1866mhz Gskill ripjaws (brandnew) Gigabyte 970 DS3P (brandnew) Sapphire Dual X r9 280x 3gb 384 bit (4months old and had no problem at all) Corsair VS650 (brandnew)
Thank you so much if you could enlighten me with the cause
of this problem..
PS: The GPU was already RMAed and received the replacement last week but i haven't used it until now. so scared to try.. Is it mobo? pcie slot? psu? or the gpu itself? if you know something tell me
Here are the pictures of the gpu:
http://www.techsupportforum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=182929&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1404066306
http://www.techsupportforum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=182945&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1404066306
http://www.techsupportforum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=182953&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1404066306
It is right here:
http://www.techsupportforum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=182937&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1404066306
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