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Exoshocker_

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This problem kind of makes me sound like a idiot, but rest assure that I do know a decent amount about computer science and pc building. So while messing with my heat sink fan the screwdriver I was using slipped and hit my gpu (I have a mitx build so the gpu is very close to the cpu). I noticed that I hit one of those small brown rectangles (I forgot what they are called) and basically turned it into dust. I proceeded to power my pc on and a small puff of smoke came out of the area I hit. The pc turned on and gave me a bsod, but after rebooting the pc is working perfectly fine. I have a lifetime warranty on the card so i'm not too worried if I destroyed it, but it would be nice to know if I did mess something up. The card is a EVGA GTX 1060 3GB FTW+ ACX 3.0. Thanks.
 
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Oh... It looks like the chip is still intact, although its casing appears to have broken away from it.
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weberdarren97

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It's an ACX 3.0 card? Replace it. Not only did you damage what sounds like a MOSFET, but you also have a model that's been experiencing issues with those chips anyways. Get a replacement and be sure to check out http://www.evga.com/thermalmod/ and hit the button at the bottom to request your free thermal pads in order to fix the issue on the ACX 3.0 cooler.

Here's a helpful video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DQYP0SN_Kk
 
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Exoshocker_

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Only the 1070/1080 have issues with overheating as far as im aware, and I didnt hid a mosfet but one of those little brown ones that I cant remember the name of. Ill look for issues with screen tearing or bsod's but for now I think ill let it be.
 
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