Anyway I posted yesterday about the problem I had with my system which at first I thought was the PSU dying. Anyway after some replacing the PSU and some more test I figured out that apparently my video card was toasted.
Now thing is I have honestly no clue as to what happened. The system was working perfectly before it died, and I left it on overnight, so I have no idea when it actually died and if it made any kind of noise or show a hint of smoke or anything when this happened. Anyway here is link to the a picture of what happened to the video card.
Link to card image
To see an enlarged view of the card Click here
In any case if you noticed the two red circled areas, there are some sort of blue dye on the card, and also the product sticker show some sort of water damage on it. Also the dust that accumulate near those damaged area are now stuck onto the board as if liquid glue was poured on top of the card.
The front part of the card is looking clean like if it is new, and the fan seems to be working just fine. I tried to manually turn it and it is still turning, but I can't really apply any power to it to see if it actually turn.
Anyway does anyone have any idea what in the world happen to this video card? I am quite sure the card didn't overheat or anything when it died, cause I was not running any software or scheduled any programs to run when I left the computer that night. Also the system had quite a good ventilation.
As for the rest of the system, everything works perfectly fine after I put in another spare video card that I have as backup.
So yea I honestly would like to get some suggestion as to what might have caused this problem, and also to try avoid this of ever happening in the future. Honestly ever since I used and tinker with computers and electronic parts, I have never seen this kind of damage. Which left me totally clueless. By the was there was a slight residual burnt smell on Friday morning (the card died sometime around Thursday night and Friday morning) but it went away quite fast.
Anyway if anyone can give any input it would be greatly appreciated.
Now thing is I have honestly no clue as to what happened. The system was working perfectly before it died, and I left it on overnight, so I have no idea when it actually died and if it made any kind of noise or show a hint of smoke or anything when this happened. Anyway here is link to the a picture of what happened to the video card.
Link to card image
To see an enlarged view of the card Click here
In any case if you noticed the two red circled areas, there are some sort of blue dye on the card, and also the product sticker show some sort of water damage on it. Also the dust that accumulate near those damaged area are now stuck onto the board as if liquid glue was poured on top of the card.
The front part of the card is looking clean like if it is new, and the fan seems to be working just fine. I tried to manually turn it and it is still turning, but I can't really apply any power to it to see if it actually turn.
Anyway does anyone have any idea what in the world happen to this video card? I am quite sure the card didn't overheat or anything when it died, cause I was not running any software or scheduled any programs to run when I left the computer that night. Also the system had quite a good ventilation.
As for the rest of the system, everything works perfectly fine after I put in another spare video card that I have as backup.
So yea I honestly would like to get some suggestion as to what might have caused this problem, and also to try avoid this of ever happening in the future. Honestly ever since I used and tinker with computers and electronic parts, I have never seen this kind of damage. Which left me totally clueless. By the was there was a slight residual burnt smell on Friday morning (the card died sometime around Thursday night and Friday morning) but it went away quite fast.
Anyway if anyone can give any input it would be greatly appreciated.
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