You didn't. And FYI there's been threads with nvidia cards doing the same thing.
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Graphics card set on fire, what to do next?
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You didn't. And FYI there's been threads with nvidia cards doing the same thing.
Sorry was late and probably didn't do a good job of explaining myself.
If you look at the photos , the charred area is in the shape of the regulator below it , there is nothing in that exact area to catch fire and bare pcb doesn't burn with exposure to a drip or two of water. it looks to me that the regulator has just got very very hot very very quickly.
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I had a SATA connector to a dvd drive catch fire last year, luckily i was home and using it at the time but i will never leave my pc on and unattended again.
Tell me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure if you used actually coolant even if it leaked it wouldn't have caused a short as its not conductive?
I've had leaks and fluid on a lot of components and have never drastically tried clean up whilst I'm still building a loop and testing. Obviously afterwards I make sure but I don't think it would have been caused by the coolant making it short.
I've had leaks and fluid on a lot of components and have never drastically tried clean up whilst I'm still building a loop and testing. Obviously afterwards I make sure but I don't think it would have been caused by the coolant making it short.
Ouch. That is an unpleasant sight. It's been a long time since i've had PC components burst into flame on me. As everyone has said, it's worth writing a note to MSI about this, other than that.. you can look forward to upgrading your GPU now 
If that is the case, then it is very disappointing that the card doesn't have a fail-safe built in for these sorts of components. I am not too familiar with gpu components, but this is a picture of the other side. Is this the regulator that you mentioned?
The temperature of the liquid would have to be a lot lower than the ambient temperature for the condensation build up which isn't possible unless he keeps his radiator in the freezer.
The conductivity of coolant should be very low due to low ion concentration, still slightly conductive due to presence of dissolved CO2 (very small amount though). Which is why I find it unlikely that a leak would cause such a violent short
True. Had a mayhem coolant leak on my gpu while PC was on and nothing happened.
I know with time conductivity of the coolant might increase but it looks like his loop was freshly build.
I'm never careful with my water cooling and never had a hardware failure because of that not to mention a fire. Leaks yes but that's all.
Yeah thats the one, if you flip it over is the burn in exactly the same place ?
Wrong way round squire. The cooling liquid would have to be MUCH cooler than the air around it to have condensation develop.
yeah, you can see the bulge from where the heat has expanded the pcb on one side (on solder join of the regulator) and then burnt through on the other side
I thought so, if it were water you might get a fizz , puff of smoke, but the psu would cut out, what you have there is a component that's just gone wildly out of spec and just got very hot and very quickly. nothing to do with a short circuit or water.
I imagine its just a poor quality cheap Chinese regulator, somewhere an accountant saved a few thousand by sourcing cheaper components at the expense of quality, dont blame Msi, they all do it, if failures are withing acceptable levels then its all fine and dandy , if not they just up the quality.
In my mind i would send Msi a robust but polite email, explaining that if the pc had been unattended you'd have had a house fire on your hands, i'd ask for a replacement motherboard too. Post it on the Msi twitter feed and facebook page if they dont seem willing to help.
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Nope... just off AMD cards!
Nope... just off AMD cards!
The next time you come over moaning about how hard you work i'm going to point out the about of forums posting you do
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And the next time you complain about not getting any work done... guess what!!The next time you come over moaning about how hard you work i'm going to point out the about of forums posting you do
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Hmm this doesn't look good! 
Just curious, did you have the GPU overclocked or overvolted? What power supply do you have?
Just curious, did you have the GPU overclocked or overvolted? What power supply do you have?
I had the SATA plug of a Molex to SATA lead (supplying optional extra power to the PCIe bus on my motherboard) catch fire a while back, I'm glad I was using the PC at the time. There was nothing wrong with the motherboard (it still works). You'd think the plugs would be made of non-flammable material.
Hmm this doesn't look good!
Just curious, did you have the GPU overclocked or overvolted? What power supply do you have?
Had the clock speed up slightly and 30mv or less voltage increase over stock. Definately not pushed far at all, the maximum voltage tweak in trixx is 200mv, then we get into the realms of custom bioses etc.
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