Graphics card broken - caused by motherboard?

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
H

H4rdware_man

Prominent
Apr 21, 2017
4
0
510
My graphics card recently failed while gaming. The screen was suddenly covered in stripes similar to this photo.

I'm afraid that the motherboard damaged the card -- a while ago I damaged a USB connector on the motherboard when cleaning. Many USB ports don't work now.

Is the MB damage relevant to the damage? I don't want to damage another graphics card.
 
Solution
hang-the-9
While a bad motherboard can damage things, it's not likely the damage to the video card was caused by the motherboard. But if you have USB ports out, you may want to replace the motherboard anyway. Video cards more often get damaged due to a bad power supply, overheating or just random failure that can happen with most electronics.
Sort by date Sort by votes
hang-the-9

hang-the-9

Titan
Mar 25, 2010
60,387
1,081
152,940
While a bad motherboard can damage things, it's not likely the damage to the video card was caused by the motherboard. But if you have USB ports out, you may want to replace the motherboard anyway. Video cards more often get damaged due to a bad power supply, overheating or just random failure that can happen with most electronics.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Solution
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom