Bought a 5870 when it came out , been working fine on my setup below (PSU is a HEC-550W). Came home from work and it wouldnt boot up , took the cover off and one of the power cables was loose so i plugged it in, started to boot and boom flame from the mobo and that lovely burning smell which can only be associated with failure.
What i wanted to know apart from the fact i'm ****ed off is :
Do you think only the mobo has gone ? i dont have any spare parts but when booting without the card in (took the 5870 out straight away which btw smelt of burning
) the psu was powering the LED on the mobo and the heatsink but the whole thing obviously wouldnt boot it was just stuck in a loop.
All i have to say is from the moment i bought it the P5N-T Deluxe is an absolutely nightmare of a board (everything was stock btw), perhaps it was my average PSU but i just dont feel it was.
So , what do i buy i dont wana spend a lot so was thinking (depending on how many parts are gone):
Asus P5Q
4gb kingston hyperx
Q6600
550 corsair psu
8600GTS ( got this spare as its wat i just upgraded from , holy crap i hope my 5870 aint blown)
The one reason why i think the 5870 may have gone is before hand i was experiencing some verticle lines up and down the screen during steaming and general browsing , it never happened during heavy downloading and gameplaying so i really didnt think it was a psu problem . Reinstalled OS and drivers so didnt see the problem being that either, hope some1 gives me some good advice here, thanks.
What i wanted to know apart from the fact i'm ****ed off is :
Do you think only the mobo has gone ? i dont have any spare parts but when booting without the card in (took the 5870 out straight away which btw smelt of burning
) the psu was powering the LED on the mobo and the heatsink but the whole thing obviously wouldnt boot it was just stuck in a loop.All i have to say is from the moment i bought it the P5N-T Deluxe is an absolutely nightmare of a board (everything was stock btw), perhaps it was my average PSU but i just dont feel it was.
So , what do i buy i dont wana spend a lot so was thinking (depending on how many parts are gone):
Asus P5Q
4gb kingston hyperx
Q6600
550 corsair psu
8600GTS ( got this spare as its wat i just upgraded from , holy crap i hope my 5870 aint blown)
The one reason why i think the 5870 may have gone is before hand i was experiencing some verticle lines up and down the screen during steaming and general browsing , it never happened during heavy downloading and gameplaying so i really didnt think it was a psu problem . Reinstalled OS and drivers so didnt see the problem being that either, hope some1 gives me some good advice here, thanks.
