Fried new 8800gt?

[daggermeerkat]

Ok I got a new 8800gt 512mb .. removed the old 6800, connected the power connector to it and powered my computer on.

And then something pops, and a burning smell originates from the card.

Computer doesn't boot up anymore with that card .. but will boot up with the old 6800.

Did I just fry the card? How could this have happened? Can I return this as faulty under warranty or what? I am very upset

 

[Pelu]

first question.

Ya.

second one.

Something bad in the computer... card.. or psu.. or just a badly connected power connector.

third question.

check the warranty documents, if they say all kind of damages and such, maybe they change it... otherwise burned hardware is like physical damage which is not covered y warranty.

 

[Lithan]

Sounds like there's something crossed on the cards PCIE power connector. Probably manufacturing error. I'd RMA it.

 

[daggermeerkat]

Pretty sure its not the PSU or the way I connected the plugs .. once had 2 6800GTs running on SLI, must be something wrong with the card. Well .. hopefully they won't give me too much trouble with it. Can i class it as a DOA?

 

[Piuc2020]

I bought a card once and it fried itself when I connected it (I double-checked everything, power connector, pci-screw, agp tab, etc, etc) and it fried itself (again smoke) but it RMAed just fine.

 

[videopho]

Make sure the card positions well in its PCI-E slot.
I had this happened to my GTS-512 card not long ago that when I smelt that burning sensation that scared the s%$^ out of me.
But I found out the card was too long where its back-end hit one of the HDD SATA cables that prevented the card from completely sits tight into the pci-e slot.
After re-arranging the SATA cable the card drops right in and works happily ever after.