- Aug 14, 2015
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Hi Everyone,
I need some advice regarding a recent hardware failure I had to face.
This is my build -
Zotac GTX 670 2GB GDDR5 AMP Edition
Asus Sabertooth 990 FX
FX8350
Corsair RM850 (was replaced in lieu of a TX850 which died in warranty)
Gskill 1600Mhz 2x2GB
in a NZXT Phantom Full Tower Case
Samsung SSD and Seagate HDD
Using a 40" LED TV as a monitor
Windows 8.1 64bit
Last night I switched on the PC and eveything worked fine for a few minutes and it suddenly shut down... It has happened before so I switched it on again but it immediately shut off. Then I opened the side panel and switched it on again, I was then greeted by a puff of white smoke from the graphics card... I immediately disconnected all power and removed the graphics card to see a small black knob that had coil around it named 1RO partially melted and PCB was blackened too...
This card has served me for 2 years and 4 months with no issues so it was surprising to see a total failure all of a sudden... Like the great genius that I was I did not sign up for extended warranty which wouldn't have made any sense as the people who would have got it exchanged for me said that they do not accept burned out cards where the PCB itself has melted a bit along with that 1RO thing.
I have a few questions -
POWER Situation -
1) The electricity supply is not all that great - Hence the power is routed through a UPS which provides backup for a few minutes.. It is 600VA with a 180Ah battery. Using it for the past two builds never had an issue except one PSU bust. Could this be an issue?
2) Assuming that the card wasn't faulty and this was caused due to a power issue, what checks can I perform to make sure everything is fine and dandy before installing another graphics card?
The PSU is modular so I AM going to swap out the connectors for the GPU in any case...Could there be any other cause?
I am going to purchase a GTX 980 Ti given this unfortunate yet timely incident, but i would like to prevent this from happening again.
Any input or suggestion would be valuable.
Thank you in advance!
P.S. - I live in part of the world where things like "load shedding" and "tripping" still happen in a timely manner... hehe namely a rustic part of India
I need some advice regarding a recent hardware failure I had to face.
This is my build -
Zotac GTX 670 2GB GDDR5 AMP Edition
Asus Sabertooth 990 FX
FX8350
Corsair RM850 (was replaced in lieu of a TX850 which died in warranty)
Gskill 1600Mhz 2x2GB
in a NZXT Phantom Full Tower Case
Samsung SSD and Seagate HDD
Using a 40" LED TV as a monitor
Windows 8.1 64bit
Last night I switched on the PC and eveything worked fine for a few minutes and it suddenly shut down... It has happened before so I switched it on again but it immediately shut off. Then I opened the side panel and switched it on again, I was then greeted by a puff of white smoke from the graphics card... I immediately disconnected all power and removed the graphics card to see a small black knob that had coil around it named 1RO partially melted and PCB was blackened too...
This card has served me for 2 years and 4 months with no issues so it was surprising to see a total failure all of a sudden... Like the great genius that I was I did not sign up for extended warranty which wouldn't have made any sense as the people who would have got it exchanged for me said that they do not accept burned out cards where the PCB itself has melted a bit along with that 1RO thing.
I have a few questions -
POWER Situation -
1) The electricity supply is not all that great - Hence the power is routed through a UPS which provides backup for a few minutes.. It is 600VA with a 180Ah battery. Using it for the past two builds never had an issue except one PSU bust. Could this be an issue?
2) Assuming that the card wasn't faulty and this was caused due to a power issue, what checks can I perform to make sure everything is fine and dandy before installing another graphics card?
The PSU is modular so I AM going to swap out the connectors for the GPU in any case...Could there be any other cause?
I am going to purchase a GTX 980 Ti given this unfortunate yet timely incident, but i would like to prevent this from happening again.
Any input or suggestion would be valuable.
Thank you in advance!
P.S. - I live in part of the world where things like "load shedding" and "tripping" still happen in a timely manner... hehe namely a rustic part of India
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