[SOLVED] Shorted My 1060?

[RIPJUICEWRLD]

Hello everyone. One morning my graphics card was working fine. I come back that evening to find that my graphics card is not lighting up or fans spinning up when turning it on (cpu fan and lights turn on). after some careful looking, i see a stray 12 volt wire has come loose from the inside of a female molex connector which might have touched the back of my graphics card which has bare resistors and mosfets. I'm assuming that's what caused the damage of my gpu. Is it possible that my gpu is bricked forever? Is there a way to "wait" this problem out and see if it fixes itself? Is my theory completely dismissible? Is there a way to reverse the damage if true? I would love some possible insight to this mystery.

 

[cdrkf]

Hello everyone. One morning my graphics card was working fine. I come back that evening to find that my graphics card is not lighting up or fans spinning up when turning it on (cpu fan and lights turn on). after some careful looking, i see a stray 12 volt wire has come loose from the inside of a female molex connector which might have touched the back of my graphics card which has bare resistors and mosfets. I'm assuming that's what caused the damage of my gpu. Is it possible that my gpu is bricked forever? Is there a way to "wait" this problem out and see if it fixes itself? Is my theory completely dismissible? Is there a way to reverse the damage if true? I would love some possible insight to this mystery.

So just to clarify does the rest of the system still work (e.g. using an igpu or different graphics card)? A stray 12V wire connected randomly to the board could definitely damage it....

That said, it's also likely fixable- usually that kind of problem will blow a capacitor. I would try the card in a different computer just to make sure it's not working first (and to check it's not caused an issue with the PCIe slot on the mainboard). If it is dead then I would suggest taking the heatsink off to expose the PCB and checking all the caps, if one has blown it should look obviously charred. If that's the case replacing it may fix the card

 

[RIPJUICEWRLD]

So just to clarify does the rest of the system still work (e.g. using an igpu or different graphics card)? A stray 12V wire connected randomly to the board could definitely damage it....

That said, it's also likely fixable- usually that kind of problem will blow a capacitor. I would try the card in a different computer just to make sure it's not working first (and to check it's not caused an issue with the PCIe slot on the mainboard). If it is dead then I would suggest taking the heatsink off to expose the PCB and checking all the caps, if one has blown it should look obviously charred. If that's the case replacing it may fix the card

yeah the rest of the system is working and the problem is isolated to the gpu. I will try looking for capacitor damage. Is it possible that a mosfet or resistor is damaged or is it unlikely?

 

[cdrkf]

yeah the rest of the system is working and the problem is isolated to the gpu. I will try looking for capacitor damage. Is it possible that a mosfet or resistor is damaged or is it unlikely?

Resistors would only typically blow if subjected to very high current (e.g. short circuit to ground or high voltage spike)- I doubt apply 12V incorrectly to a resistor would harm it so probably unlikely. Mosfets are also pretty robust so whilst it's possible they are less likely to be damaged than a cap.

The GPU itself is the most sensitive part of the board, however it should be pretty well isolated unless you were really unlucky with where the wire made contact with the card.