[SOLVED] 1080 Died while watching Youtube

[BSCDN]

So I was watching YouTube and my monitor went black and displayed “No Input Detected”. After countless reboots, re seating, and unplugging, I couldn’t get an image. Plugged monitor into the the Mobo and booted to windows just fine. PC isn’t recognizing the GPU at all. Tried to manually re install drivers and it says no supported hardware detected. I’m not getting any light from the Card (Logo is supposed to glow). I put it in an an old PC, and got the same results.
Upon inspecting the card, it was clearly covered in something wet near the VRAM. This is the part where I tell you i had the card on an NZXT G12 and Kraken X62 for cooling.

I Believe the VRM’s were not getting sufficiently cooled by the G12 fan and cause this mess and killed my board. Just looking for someone to confirm.

 

[BSCDN]

https://imgur.com/UkQVrog

View: https://i.imgur.com/UkQVrog.jpg

 

[Phaaze88]

I Believe the VRM’s were not getting sufficiently cooled by the G12 fan and cause this mess and killed my board. Just looking for someone to confirm.

If that were really the case, then why does the gpu PCB look damp in that image? Nothing looks particularly blackened or burnt out.
I'd suspect a leak.

 

[BSCDN]

What could have leaked though? And to leak evenly across the board in that one section. And the wet looking part of the board in facing down, towards the bottom of the case/PSU when it was mounted. So if something dripped on the card it should be on the other side of the board.

 

[Phaaze88]

What could have leaked though? And to leak evenly across the board in that one section. And the wet looking part of the board in facing down, towards the bottom of the case/PSU when it was mounted. So if something dripped on the card it should be on the other side of the board.

Who says a leak has to be downwards only?
If there's an open seam and enough pressure, the liquid will, err... 'squirt'. Surely, you've seen a leaking garden hose, a puncture in soft drink can, or water bottle?
There's a 'sprung leak' in that Kraken X62 somewhere.