Damage to my GPU or other components?

[pcsuperhero]

Hello guys,

I just received the MSI Radeon R9 290. I installed the GPU but at first my computer would not recognize it. I saw the fans of the cards were running so I thought the card was adequately powered. An hour later, I was still trying to figure out how to get my PC to recognize the new GPU.

I looked inside the computer again and this time, with better lighting, noticed that I did not plug in enough power to the GPU. The GPU has 6-pin and 8-pin PCI-E power ports. The problem was although I plugged in 6-pin connector to 6-pin port but also plugged in 6-pin connector into the 8-pin port. In other words, the GPU was not adequately powered. I added the additional 2-pin connector into the 8-pin port and it worked. My computer recognized the GPU after that point.

My question is, did running the PC for a while (1-2 hours) with 6-pin connector in the 8-pin port of GPU damage/affect the GPU or other components in any way?

Thanks in advance!
pcsuperhero

 

[adriank83]

It should be fine, you can run a gpu benchmark utility like 3d mark or unigen if you're worried, but it should be fine. As long as your PSU isn't dodgy, then there isn't really any risk to the gpu from what you did.

 

[plaintuts]

Its fine..

The gpu itself will not start by incorrectly plugging the pci-e power cables.