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    [SOLVED] 1080 Ti flashes, crashes and is no longer recognized by the system - what can I still salvage?

    Hello, after two weeks, I can confirm your suspicion on the topic was right (let this reply exist and hopefully be found in the future should this prove to be a common problem concerning the part in question). Together with a friend of mine, we dismantled my old build before putting together a...
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    [SOLVED] 1080 Ti flashes, crashes and is no longer recognized by the system - what can I still salvage?

    The old power supply I used (be quiet! Power Zone 750w) should still be lying around somewhere. I'm only suspecting the GPU is at fault because everything else within the system appears to work as intended right now. Thermals have been an issue to the system ever since I changed to a 1440p...
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    [SOLVED] 1080 Ti flashes, crashes and is no longer recognized by the system - what can I still salvage?

    No, it doesn't put out any kind of a distict smell. Only the slightly cooler air.
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    [SOLVED] 1080 Ti flashes, crashes and is no longer recognized by the system - what can I still salvage?

    Indeed, I forgot to mention the rest of the specifications, but here goes: Intel i7-8700k, not overclocked, be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 Gigabyte AORUS Z370 Ultra Gaming Corsair Vengeance LPX 32gb (2x16) 3000MHz M.2 drives are from Western Digital (1 Tb Black) and a Samsung 850 Evo 512gb. If the...
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    [SOLVED] 1080 Ti flashes, crashes and is no longer recognized by the system - what can I still salvage?

    Greetings! For the past 5 years or so, I've had a setup with a Gigabyte AORUS Xtreme 1080 Ti graphics card. Yesterday, after installing Dying Light and trying to play it, my entire system snapped, shut down and released a burning odor. After rebooting the system, it would no longer recognize...