Think I just blown my gpu?

[Mikeyc90]

I just reinstalled the hg10 a1 to my r9 290 I put everything back in except the power cables to the gpu turned my pc on realised I didn't connect the cables. So I turned my pc off not by the wall had a brain fart, plugged the cables in and heard a pop then smelt something funny immediately disconnected everything. now my gpu does no display, the fans still work on it which I assume is the PCI slot giving it power to do so. I have tried the other modules on my psu to see if that would do anything and I got nothing . I took off the bracket and can't see any damage to the gpu board. Anyone have any ideas how I could fix this ? Thanks

 

[Hamperking68]

Yep, You killed the thing.

 

[turkey3_scratch]

Not plugging in the PCIe cables into a GPU should not kill the GPU, it just won't work until you plug them in. Where did the pop come from? I think a capacitor somewhere blew.

 

[Mikeyc90]

Not plugging in the PCIe cables into a GPU should not kill the GPU, it just won't work until you plug them in. Where did the pop come from? I think a capacitor somewhere blew.

What happened is i realised they was not plugged in so i turned the pc off by the button and plugged them into the slots. normally i would turn the pc off by the wall this time i forgot 🙁 the moment i plugged the cables in i heard a pop then smelt the smell of a fried electrical part. i looked at where the smell was coming from but couldn't see any visible damage
http://s15.postimg.org/rgqjoadsr/12916951_10156805655675437_7592881411974181660_o.jpg

My thoughts are now that i have blown a capacitor, how would i be able to test or would it be a case of getting new ones fitted?

 

[turkey3_scratch]

Oh, okay. So your computer was still plugged in with the PSU on when you did this, correct?

 

[Epicness937]

im surprised only that would kill it but its a 290 so no one knows

 

[turkey3_scratch]

im surprised only that would kill it but its a 290 so no one knows

What is that supposed to imply?

 

[Epicness937]

im surprised only that would kill it but its a 290 so no one knows

What is that supposed to imply?

sorry for being so blunt but a 290 is a rather unreliable card. to try and see if its dead try it in a 2nd pc

 

[turkey3_scratch]

im surprised only that would kill it but its a 290 so no one knows

What is that supposed to imply?

sorry for being so blunt but a 290 is a rather unreliable card. to try and see if its dead try it in a 2nd pc

Do you have a source to back up your statement?

 

[azzazel_99]

aside from their heat the 290 and 290x are great cards. No issues. If you smelt fried electrical parts you may have popped it. The pop sound could have just been the sound of the connectors passing electricity through. Do you have onboard video on the motherboard? If so go into bios and make sure the video device is set to pcie or just try resetting the cmos.

 

[RudyG87]

Not plugging in the PCIe cables into a GPU should not kill the GPU, it just won't work until you plug them in. Where did the pop come from? I think a capacitor somewhere blew.

What happened is i realised they was not plugged in so i turned the pc off by the button and plugged them into the slots. normally i would turn the pc off by the wall this time i forgot 🙁 the moment i plugged the cables in i heard a pop then smelt the smell of a fried electrical part. i looked at where the smell was coming from but couldn't see any visible damage
http://s15.postimg.org/rgqjoadsr/12916951_10156805655675437_7592881411974181660_o.jpg

My thoughts are now that i have blown a capacitor, how would i be able to test or would it be a case of getting new ones fitted?

For future reference and the safety of the next card you buy, Unplug the computer from the wall and then push the power button on the tower to drain any stored charge before opening the case and working on the computer. Also, I recommend a Grounding strap, although not everybody uses one.

 

[turkey3_scratch]

[strike]There is no need to hold down the power button, that shouldn't do anything (though it seems to be some false myth going around online). If the PSU is in the "off" position, holding down the power button does nothing, because the power button will not work when the motherboard is off. The power button just tells the motherboard to send the PS_ON signal to the PSU, none of which can happen if the PSU is off or the computer is unplugged.

Discharging a capacitor (though I should say de-energizing, since charge is never drained, and a discharged capacitor has the same amount of charge as a charged capacitor) is done usually by bleed resistors on the PSU over time, or by contact with conductible material. You can work on a computer if capacitors are still energized, it doesn't matter.[/strike]

Edit: On second note, I may be wrong. I'll ask this question to some others.

 

[Mikeyc90]

Yes the psu was still on... like i said my mind went blank for a second, i deal with pc's quite often and this is the first i have never done a complete power off.

 

[Mikeyc90]

as you can see from the picture , the company decided to put permanent marker over the capacitor model -_- how would i find out what i need?

 

[Epicness937]

im surprised only that would kill it but its a 290 so no one knows

What is that supposed to imply?

sorry for being so blunt but a 290 is a rather unreliable card. to try and see if its dead try it in a 2nd pc

Do you have a source to back up your statement?

yes as a matter of fact i have two
https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Video-Card-Failure-Rates-by-Generation-563/
and the fact that my perfectly good 290 died randomly after a month

 

[RudyG87]

[strike]There is no need to hold down the power button, that shouldn't do anything (though it seems to be some false myth going around online). If the PSU is in the "off" position, holding down the power button does nothing, because the power button will not work when the motherboard is off. The power button just tells the motherboard to send the PS_ON signal to the PSU, none of which can happen if the PSU is off or the computer is unplugged.

Discharging a capacitor (though I should say de-energizing, since charge is never drained, and a discharged capacitor has the same amount of charge as a charged capacitor) is done usually by bleed resistors on the PSU over time, or by contact with conductible material. You can work on a computer if capacitors are still energized, it doesn't matter.[/strike]

Edit: On second note, I may be wrong. I'll ask this question to some others.

I didn't take a picture, and its not guaranteed it will damage anything if you dont, but yes, looking into my hardware book by Jean Andrews:
1. back up data
2. power down and unplug
3. press and hold down the power button for a moment. After you unplug the computer, press the power button for about three seconds to completely drain the power supply. you'll hear the fans quickly start and go off as residual power is drained.

 

[Asusprime]

try a different power supply. I once had thought my video card died or that the motherboard was bad but after swapping some parts I found that the PSU (corsair 430w) was the issue. To clarify, in my case everything turned on, all fans would spin, I could hear windows starting and there was no video (card was a 8400GS which didnt even need a 6 pin power cable)

After replacing the PSU I was able to get video out of the video card without an issue. That card is still alive to this day (happened like 4 years ago)

Maybe the pop was a capacitor in the PSU

 

[turkey3_scratch]

try a different power supply. I once had thought my video card died or that the motherboard was bad but after swapping some parts I found that the PSU (corsair 430w) was the issue. To clarify, in my case everything turned on, all fans would spin, I could hear windows starting and there was no video (card was a 8400GS which didnt even need a 6 pin power cable)

After replacing the PSU I was able to get video out of the video card without an issue. That card is still alive to this day (happened like 4 years ago)

Maybe the pop was a capacitor in the PSU

That's what I was thinking, since polymer caps present on GPUs don't "pop" like electrolytic caps do when they die.