I bought this card back in mid 2016 at full retail - have never overclocked it, never messed with fan settings or anything. A couple days ago I bundled all the wiring at the back of my computer desk together in sleeves, and other than that, no change from what I had before. The wiring that I bundled was pretty much just mouse/keyboard/speakers/ethernet, the power wires were still free/separate.
Anyways I haven't even played any games for a couple months, just use my computer for watching movies and doing stuff online.
So one morning I go to turn it on, nothing turns on. I try unplugging the power and turning it back on, nothing. I try shutting off my psu and turning it back on, nothing. So then I open up my case and see what's up, thinking maybe somehow the power button wire got loose. Nope.
Then I unplug my video card, and reset my psu (on/off/on). I have power! Computer turns on, everything is fine. I shut off, plug in the GPU, then try turning back on, I get nothing. Then I unplug the power cables from my GPU (while the computer is off) and turn it on, the computer turns on, but then my gpu starts smoking (probably stupid of me, but I didn't know any better).
At that point I took out the gpu permanently and have just been using my computer with onboard graphics.
My question is, I know my product is under warranty and will probably be replaced free of charge, but should I be concerned with my PSU? As far as I know I have more than enough power, it's a solid Corsair modular PSU.
When I try to figure out where the smoke smell is coming from on my GPU, it's on the side that when mounted on the motherboard, points towards the CD drives. It's on the bottom of that side (closest to the motherboard when mounted) if that makes sense.
Appreciate any input.. thanks.
Anyways I haven't even played any games for a couple months, just use my computer for watching movies and doing stuff online.
So one morning I go to turn it on, nothing turns on. I try unplugging the power and turning it back on, nothing. I try shutting off my psu and turning it back on, nothing. So then I open up my case and see what's up, thinking maybe somehow the power button wire got loose. Nope.
Then I unplug my video card, and reset my psu (on/off/on). I have power! Computer turns on, everything is fine. I shut off, plug in the GPU, then try turning back on, I get nothing. Then I unplug the power cables from my GPU (while the computer is off) and turn it on, the computer turns on, but then my gpu starts smoking (probably stupid of me, but I didn't know any better).
At that point I took out the gpu permanently and have just been using my computer with onboard graphics.
My question is, I know my product is under warranty and will probably be replaced free of charge, but should I be concerned with my PSU? As far as I know I have more than enough power, it's a solid Corsair modular PSU.
When I try to figure out where the smoke smell is coming from on my GPU, it's on the side that when mounted on the motherboard, points towards the CD drives. It's on the bottom of that side (closest to the motherboard when mounted) if that makes sense.
Appreciate any input.. thanks.
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