Can testing a fried gfx card ruin a PSU?

[harr88]

So I fried my gfx card, dried it out for a few days and then I moved it to my secondary system to test. Card didn't work, and I can't be positive but I put my older working gfx card back in and everything was working. Two days later, now that systems PSU is dead. Did the paperclip from 4th green to black, doesn't turn on.

Can a fried gfx card kill a PSU or is this just coincidence?

 

[VirtualLarry]

While a fried GPU could conceivably kill a PSU, I would think that the effects would be more immediate, and not two days later with a different GPU.

What GPUs and PSU are we talking about here? And how old?

 

[pcgeek11]

Yes, it could.

I do agree with Larry that "usually" it would have an immediate effect. However it may have stressed a capacitor or (pick a component) and it finally failed a few days later.

 

[harr88]

gpu is recent, a 1060 gtx and the psu is a super old ocz. Not really too concerned about it, but I saw this article and opened it up(long out of warranty). It had a fuse in a fuse clip that was blown, I'll head down to the store this week sometime and see if I can bring this guy back to life. I did notice a fair amount of dust in the non-visible areas when the psu was open, probably just old.
thanks!