Hey all. Something odd and unfortunate happened to me over the weekend. I recently built a (mostly) new rig. New MOBO, CPU, HDD some fans n shiz. Everything else is recycled from my last build. New Mobo is the gigabyte aorus B450 AM4 with a ryzen 5 1600. Only including these details because maybe theyre somehow related to my issue.
after i got the build running i gamed on it for about a week or so, for a few hours at a time on some fairly demanding games (division 2, COD MW, Minecraft [jk]). I have an EVGA GTX 1070 SC, and one morning about half an hour into gaming my screen went black. Looked at my rig and all fans and LED's were off. Hit the power button and it wouldnt power up. I unplugged the power, flipped the switch on the PSU back and forth and replugged in and it turned on. However, almost immediately upon boot, my GPU began smoking and shooting sparks from the side where those copper heat sink thingys(lol) are. I immediately unplugged the rig and after a few minutes took out the card. Since, Ive been rocking an old 660ti in my build and everything seems to be okay. Mobo lights are good, fans spinning and so on. Any clue what the issue is? I already went to the EVGA thermalmod thing and according to that its not the issue. Ive had the card for about 18 months with no issues with it until now. I bought it off craigslist so RMA isnt an option sadly. My PSU is a EVGA 650w 80+. Im also using white cable extensions from my PSU to GPU for that esthetic ( https://www.amazon.com/Clovertale-Sleeved-Cable-connectors-White/dp/B078WQWVJZ)
but ive been using them for years to no issue. Any idea? am i safe to purchase a new GPU and install? or am I going to have a fireworks show again?
Edit; The psu is also basically brand new.
after i got the build running i gamed on it for about a week or so, for a few hours at a time on some fairly demanding games (division 2, COD MW, Minecraft [jk]). I have an EVGA GTX 1070 SC, and one morning about half an hour into gaming my screen went black. Looked at my rig and all fans and LED's were off. Hit the power button and it wouldnt power up. I unplugged the power, flipped the switch on the PSU back and forth and replugged in and it turned on. However, almost immediately upon boot, my GPU began smoking and shooting sparks from the side where those copper heat sink thingys(lol) are. I immediately unplugged the rig and after a few minutes took out the card. Since, Ive been rocking an old 660ti in my build and everything seems to be okay. Mobo lights are good, fans spinning and so on. Any clue what the issue is? I already went to the EVGA thermalmod thing and according to that its not the issue. Ive had the card for about 18 months with no issues with it until now. I bought it off craigslist so RMA isnt an option sadly. My PSU is a EVGA 650w 80+. Im also using white cable extensions from my PSU to GPU for that esthetic ( https://www.amazon.com/Clovertale-Sleeved-Cable-connectors-White/dp/B078WQWVJZ)
but ive been using them for years to no issue. Any idea? am i safe to purchase a new GPU and install? or am I going to have a fireworks show again?
Edit; The psu is also basically brand new.
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