Question Did I Fry my Gigabyte Radeon RX 6660

[bluj162]

While playing Helldivers 2 last night I used the AMD auto overclock feature in the Radeon Software and my screen went black. I was able to get my old gpu to work and boot to windows but with my RX 6600 I only get a black screen. I was able to remote into the pc with RDP with my RX 6600 plugged in and install the appropriate drivers but still no display. I also tried undervolting it in the software after installing the drivers and reseting the gpu.

I'm still under warranty so I'm going to try to RMA it with Gigabyte this week. Is this something that could occur with a moderate OC?

 

[Fix_that_Glitch]

While playing Helldivers 2 last night I used the AMD auto overclock feature in the Radeon Software and my screen went black. I was able to get my old gpu to work and boot to windows but with my RX 6600 I only get a black screen. I was able to remote into the pc with RDP with my RX 6600 plugged in and install the appropriate drivers but still no display. I also tried undervolting it in the software after installing the drivers and reseting the gpu.

I'm still under warranty so I'm going to try to RMA it with Gigabyte this week. Is this something that could occur with a moderate OC?

There is a built-in safety measures in the gpu to prevent damage to the gpu when overclocking. It will simply shut down and a restart would be required with lower settings. Having said that, overclocking causes more heat to be generated, and the thought is it shortens the life of the electronics. An inferior cooling setup inside the pc case could also exacerbate this.

 

[bluj162]

There is a built-in safety measures in the gpu to prevent damage to the gpu when overclocking. It will simply shut down and a restart would be required with lower settings. Having said that, overclocking causes more heat to be generated, and the thought is it shortens the life of the electronics. An inferior cooling setup inside the pc case could also exacerbate this.

I thought so too, and I've used this tool a ton but for some reason this seems to have killed it. I even thought maybe the PCI slot was fried and not just the card but I'm using my old RX 580 in the same slot right now. Again, it's under warranty so I'm glad it's not my mobo but still weird.

I guess I'm playing older games until this is sorted out...

 

[CountMike]

Mine died about a month of usage without any OC. even undervolted. Got a new one but 6600XT.

 

[bluj162]

Mine died about a month of usage without any OC. even undervolted. Got a new one but 6600XT.

Well I'm still well under warranty so they'll probably replace it with the same card, but I do hear good things about the XT.

 

[CountMike]

Well I'm still well under warranty so they'll probably replace it with the same card, but I do hear good things about the XT.

My XT works perfectly last 8 month I have it.

 

[rogerdpack2]

Could try it in a different box I guess...maybe try reseating it but it doesn't look promising

 

[bluj162]

Appreciate the suggestion but it's been sent to RMA at Gigabyte so we'll see how long this takes to get it back.

 

[bluj162]

Got an update from Gigabyte: Process Result: Product test ok, no trouble found.

HAHAHA they're going to send back my broken card. Let's see how this goes...

 

[bluj162]

I got my card back and no issues so far actually. I think may have actually performed some testing/repair as it was cleaner when I got it back. Also I updated my BIOS while it was away so who knows, maybe I just spend ~2.5 weeks and $60 in shipping for no reason.