- Aug 8, 2013
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First of all hello to all the experts out there.
SPECS:
3770 | Asus MVE | GTX 780 DCU II OC | TX750 | HyperX 16GB | HAF 932
Positive Airflow (1x 230mm front & 5x 120mm side/bottom fans for intake | 1x 230mm top & 1x 140mm rear for exhaust)
A couple of days back I noticed a strong burning smell in the PC. After turning it off and on after a couple of hours, the display signal from 780 was gone. The burning smell was strong and was coming from everywhere/all peripherals including the card. But when all this happened, the PC was almost idle at the time (only some YT videos loading) and all fans (cpu/gpu/case) were running at full speed. So there couldn't be any heat accumulation problem. Moreover, for whatever it's worth, I only turn the PC on in the evening when the temps are not as bad as during daytime. Interestingly, the system can still detect/identify the 780 (igpu is disable when it's installed) and fans also spinning just fine. So I doubt it was the one burnt.
More interesting is the fact that igpu (HD 4000) works fine as "Primary Display Driver" but as soon as I try to install the dedicated Intel driver, the display signal goes away the same way as it does with 780. Which led me to do some research on the relation between gpu/graphics and mobo chipset. Wasn't able to give it much time but I can recall that igpu driver used to get installed without any fuss before. Yesterday I felt that smell once again. Could've been coming from the chipset because it was getting so hot it was barely touchable for even a second. Are there any other indications I could look for to exactly pinpoint if it's the card or chipset? And in either case, could all this by any chance relate to the PSU? Like some excess voltage scenario or something. I'm sure to have heard/read somewhere that good PSUs short themselves before other components are harmed.
I'm unable to arrange another motherboard or gpu for testing, hence these queries. Kindly help.
Thanks very much.
SPECS:
3770 | Asus MVE | GTX 780 DCU II OC | TX750 | HyperX 16GB | HAF 932
Positive Airflow (1x 230mm front & 5x 120mm side/bottom fans for intake | 1x 230mm top & 1x 140mm rear for exhaust)
A couple of days back I noticed a strong burning smell in the PC. After turning it off and on after a couple of hours, the display signal from 780 was gone. The burning smell was strong and was coming from everywhere/all peripherals including the card. But when all this happened, the PC was almost idle at the time (only some YT videos loading) and all fans (cpu/gpu/case) were running at full speed. So there couldn't be any heat accumulation problem. Moreover, for whatever it's worth, I only turn the PC on in the evening when the temps are not as bad as during daytime. Interestingly, the system can still detect/identify the 780 (igpu is disable when it's installed) and fans also spinning just fine. So I doubt it was the one burnt.
More interesting is the fact that igpu (HD 4000) works fine as "Primary Display Driver" but as soon as I try to install the dedicated Intel driver, the display signal goes away the same way as it does with 780. Which led me to do some research on the relation between gpu/graphics and mobo chipset. Wasn't able to give it much time but I can recall that igpu driver used to get installed without any fuss before. Yesterday I felt that smell once again. Could've been coming from the chipset because it was getting so hot it was barely touchable for even a second. Are there any other indications I could look for to exactly pinpoint if it's the card or chipset? And in either case, could all this by any chance relate to the PSU? Like some excess voltage scenario or something. I'm sure to have heard/read somewhere that good PSUs short themselves before other components are harmed.
I'm unable to arrange another motherboard or gpu for testing, hence these queries. Kindly help.
Thanks very much.
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