GPU set on fire! why?

fabian369 · Jul 11, 2014

i have a corsair 650 w psu, asrock 970 pro3 r2.0 mobo and a sapphire r9 280x, i put it together 1 day ago and just today my graphics card set on fire! my computer shut down and i tried turning it back on and i saw that the gpu was smoking. I took it out and tried turning on the pc and it seems to be working but its hard to tell because i cant connect a monitor. Also my cpu is a fx 8320 which the fan for has been running at around 4000 rpm which i thought was weird

rolli59 · Jul 11, 2014

Did you connect the correct PCIe power to the card?

i7Baby · Jul 11, 2014

What model psu?

Had you overclocked your cpu or gpu?

If your cpu is fan is running high its usually because of high temps? Can you try another graphics card?

rolli59 · Jul 11, 2014

Cool and quiet has to be activated for the fan to speed control and could be smart fan as well.

prit87 · Jul 11, 2014

omg thats terrible ...... sometimes when psu shorts it damages other components along with... is your gpu heavily overclocked?is your ambient temperature too hot...does your case have enough cooling?

fabian369 · Jul 11, 2014

yes i had the one 8 pin connecter and a additional 6 pin connecter attached, im new to pc building but i think i did it properly

fabian369 · Jul 11, 2014

i have a corsair spec 01 case with just the stock fan at the front mounted but the overall case doesnt feel hot, i installed speed fan yesterday and the cpu was running around 40c idle, i didnt overclock the cpu or gpu at all as i only had the pc working for a day

vixl2ds · Jul 11, 2014

give us a list of parts in your system

is the system brand new from the store, or did you order something somewhere?
the fan is running so loud because its a stock fan, its terrible for 8320... so its normal, and it needs replacing..

by the way i7baby... isnt that 970 board a bad idea for 8320?

vixl2ds · Jul 11, 2014

so the pc worked ok for a day? gpu fans were spinning too?

did you notice that gpu was smoking and you pulled it out (were the fans spinning) OR did the monitor go black and then you noticed the card? (in other words was the card alive when you noticed it?)

prit87 · Jul 11, 2014

so you dont have any exhaust fan for the case ??? that's not good apply another fan on the back and top of the case ...you cannot monitor the case temp by any software i will say burning and smokes are reason of overheating and sometimes short circuit...

rolli59 · Jul 11, 2014

fabian369 :

Your 8 pin was it 6+2 or just 8pin?

OldDirtyBastard · Jul 11, 2014

Well, they tried to tell you AMD runs hot. You didn't believe us...

...now your card is on fire.

fabian369 · Jul 11, 2014

http://nz.pcpartpicker.com/p/g2h6qs list of parts, except psu is a corsair 650. yes my pc was working fine for a day but i did no gaming on it , i installed dayz today and after about 20 minutes of playing i quit the game and my pc crashed. i noticed a burning plastic kinda smell so i took off the front panel and tried turning the pc on to see what was going wrong and the gpu sparked and smoke started coming out so i unplugged it. i used one 6+2 pcie pin and a additional 6 pin.

OldDirtyBastard · Jul 11, 2014

It was probably just a short circuit. Things like this happen. If you have a warranty, make sure you RMA it. Even RMA the motherboard if it's the cause.

prit87 · Jul 11, 2014

there may be some bulge capacitors dont use the card ask sapphire for help..and send your card for rma...

fabian369 · Jul 11, 2014

im worried if i get a new gpu the same thing might happen, i did buy the graphics card second hand but the guy said it was working fine.

OldDirtyBastard · Jul 11, 2014

That's why you never buy second hand! When you have expensive components you need to make sure that you can get your money back in case of failures. Otherwise, I'd contact the buyer again.

fabian369 · Jul 11, 2014

thanks. how can i tell if all the other components are working fine if i dont have a gpu plugged in for the monitor?

OldDirtyBastard · Jul 11, 2014

If you have an intel CPU. You can try plugging in an HDMI to the motherboard itself and see if the computer still starts.

fabian369 · Jul 11, 2014

i have a amd fx 8320 cpu

i7Baby · Jul 11, 2014

fabian369 :

If you have to rma the motherboard, see if you can get a 990fx chipset one instead. That's what the fx8 and 9 series are supposed to sit on. They give you headroom for overclocking too.

Q5Grafx · Jul 15, 2014

fabian369 :

there is also an 8 pin motherboard power that looks similar to the pcie power and a mismatch will smoke parts

faye__kane · Jul 15, 2014

> i'm new to pc building

I think maybe so

> i think i did it properly

I think maybe not.

First of all, what kind of graphics card has a 6-pin AND an 8-pin connector?

Also, some of those connectors have all 12v on the front side and all GND on the back, but some are intended for a different socket and have the 12v on the left and GND on the right. God only knows why, but that will definitely short whatever you plug it into.

Bummer indeed.

If that's not what happened, then you plugged it in backwards, despite the keying (which IS possible).Then it's:

Ooo, snake eyes! I'm sorry sir. Next rollah...

One more thing. If a device melts and smokes, do NOT turn the machine back on until you pull it from the system! A short in the card can propagate through the bus pins and short the MB and (possibly maybe) the CPU. Then you're up sh its creek.

helpful faye
sexiest astrophysicist you'll ever see naked

Adroid · Jul 15, 2014

It could just be a bad GPU. You bought it secondhand from someone who said it "worked fine"... Maybe notsomuch. It would be nice to know what temps your GPU was running at, but I wouldn't plug it back in to find out.

trog69 · Jul 16, 2014

faye__kane :

> i'm new to pc building

I think maybe so

> i think i did it properly

I think maybe not.

First of all, what kind of graphics card has a 6-pin AND an 8-pin connector?

Also, some of those connectors have all 12v on the front side and all GND on the back, but some are intended for a different socket and have the 12v on the left and GND on the right. God only knows why, but that will definitely short whatever you plug it into.

Bummer indeed.

If that's not what happened, then you plugged it in backwards, despite the keying (which IS possible).Then it's:

Ooo, snake eyes! I'm sorry sir. Next rollah...

One more thing. If a device melts and smokes, do NOT turn the machine back on until you pull it from the system! A short in the card can propagate through the bus pins and short the MB and (possibly maybe) the CPU. Then you're up sh its creek.

helpful faye
sexiest astrophysicist you'll ever see naked

My gtx 780, as did the 680ftw before that. It's a common setup for higher-end GPUs.

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