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... I was changing the thermal paste on my 8800 since the stock stuff is horrible and after I finished and rescrewed everything back... I forgot to plug in the fan cable... thank god the card didn't get past the windows booting screen (approx 5-10 minutes without fan)
gpu's have boot clocks so they should experience less heat...
I was wondering why it wasn't booting and then realized the fan wasn't blowing... I immediately turned of the pc and took out the card, nearly burning my hands... it was incredibly hot, hot enough to cook an egg on it... it heated up the plastic I had laid it on... it was like touching the carpet after an iron was placed on it...
I've just replugged in the fan cable and am currently starting up the PC to see if the GPU works... do you guys think there was any permanent damage? I remember smelling something burning (computer parts) and thats what sparked me to remember that I had forgotten to plug the fan in...
Dear jesus, what a horrible day
gpu's have boot clocks so they should experience less heat...
I was wondering why it wasn't booting and then realized the fan wasn't blowing... I immediately turned of the pc and took out the card, nearly burning my hands... it was incredibly hot, hot enough to cook an egg on it... it heated up the plastic I had laid it on... it was like touching the carpet after an iron was placed on it...
I've just replugged in the fan cable and am currently starting up the PC to see if the GPU works... do you guys think there was any permanent damage? I remember smelling something burning (computer parts) and thats what sparked me to remember that I had forgotten to plug the fan in...
Dear jesus, what a horrible day