Sign in with
Sign up | Sign in
Your question

Help with a broken graphics card.

Tags:
  • Graphics
  • Graphics Cards
  • Linux
Last response: in Graphics & Displays
Share
September 13, 2014 3:46:35 AM

Hello
I'm unsure if my graphics card is able to be fixed. Earlier today my PC shut down unexpectedly whilst playing Team fortress 2, I could smell burning coming from my PC. I tried using the motherboard graphics and an old graphics card, which both worked fine. Also this was it's first launch of any game with a new hard drive, running linux. It was running Windows before the new harddrive; does this have any inpact on the card?
Any help would be apreciated. Thanks.


Graphics card: Radeon HD 6670

More about : broken graphics card

a c 155 U Graphics card
September 13, 2014 3:51:32 AM

What wattage/model and brand PSU do you have? Altough 6670 is very undemanding in terms of Power, an extremely poor quality PSU can still not operate with that card on load. Its unlikely to be GPU if its new.
m
0
l
September 13, 2014 5:14:06 AM

MeteorsRaining said:
What wattage/model and brand PSU do you have? Altough 6670 is very undemanding in terms of Power, an extremely poor quality PSU can still not operate with that card on load. Its unlikely to be GPU if its new.

The Power supply I'm using is 300W I can't find the model; although the original PC was this http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01.... It's still using the original Power Supply. Thanks
m
0
l
Related resources
a c 155 U Graphics card
September 13, 2014 7:59:54 AM

Seems to be the PSU, have you played with this card on this PSU before? I've digged out this thread:
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1801479/choosing...
I am assuming you were able to game with that card for a year right? I'm certain its the PSU passing off.
m
0
l
September 13, 2014 9:45:14 AM

MeteorsRaining said:
Seems to be the PSU, have you played with this card on this PSU before? I've digged out this thread:
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1801479/choosing...
I am assuming you were able to game with that card for a year right? I'm certain its the PSU passing off.

Yeah it'd been fine running games for about a year. So you think it's the PSU that needs replacing, and that the card's fine? I'm able to buy a new PSU if it's the case.

m
0
l
a c 155 U Graphics card
September 13, 2014 10:17:55 AM

The burning smell is most probably coming from PSU's molten capacitors. Replacing it *should* solve the issue, try to open up the case and check the PSU up WITH THE OLD CARD on load.
m
0
l
September 13, 2014 10:22:45 AM

MeteorsRaining said:
The burning smell is most probably coming from PSU's molten capacitors. Replacing it *should* solve the issue, try to open up the case and check the PSU up WITH THE OLD CARD on load.

I've loaded both the intergrated graphics and the original graphics card with the PSU. Each allow me to use my PC, but when I use my 6670 card it doesn't give an image on my monitor.

When I opened my case I found that there is a group of wires from my motherboard to the case which were resting ontop of the graphics card's fan, it was completely stopping the fan from moving. I think that was the cause.

m
0
l
a c 155 U Graphics card
September 13, 2014 11:30:05 AM

So after adjusting the wires to a better position, were you able to use the new card on load without any burning smell or black screen?
m
0
l
September 13, 2014 11:47:50 AM

MeteorsRaining said:
So after adjusting the wires to a better position, were you able to use the new card on load without any burning smell or black screen?

There's no buring smell anymore although it's still a black screen.
m
0
l
a c 155 U Graphics card
September 13, 2014 12:11:53 PM

Silly question but have you connected the monitor to Gpu's port?
Also, are you able to POST or do you get black screen even before that?
m
0
l
September 13, 2014 12:26:44 PM

MeteorsRaining said:
Silly question but have you connected the monitor to Gpu's port?
Also, are you able to POST or do you get black screen even before that?

Yeah I've connected the monitor to the GPU by VGA cable. I also tried using a DVI-VGA adapter to try the DVI port. And with the black screen; it never transmits an image, I know it's on by the Power button's lights and the LEDs in my keyboard and mouse both light.
m
0
l
a c 155 U Graphics card
September 13, 2014 8:31:10 PM

Change the psu, that should end the issue.
m
0
l
a c 100 U Graphics card
September 14, 2014 12:24:47 AM

Yeah I would have though it would throttle down but I guess it didn't. Maybe the thermal throttling doesn't work right in the Linux drivers?

In any case blocking the fan seems to have fried it
m
0
l
a c 155 U Graphics card
September 14, 2014 12:49:22 AM

Thermal throttling will work when gpu is under high temp usually with full load, definitely not at startup. It can't reduce the gpu clock when it's already idling.
And gpu won't get that hot on startup even without fans that plastic starts melting.
It's the psu in my opinion.
m
0
l
!