MSI Nvidia GTX 460 is on fire!..... literally.

Gaz1988 · 9 Sep 2010 at 19:35

swapped out my old 8800GTS for my new 460 which arrived today, machine booted up fine for about 30-45 seconds then all of a sudden it bursts into flames.. amazingly ive now plugged in my 8800 and the pc still works fine

any ideas? it was installed correctly, both power connections were connected and the i made sure the fan was freely spinning before putting the side panel back on.

mattjd · 9 Sep 2010 at 19:43

PSU make and model please?

Case model please and how many fans, air flow any good?

HeX · 9 Sep 2010 at 19:45

Must have been a faulty card. Airflow isn't going to cause it to burst into flames

Gaz1988 · 9 Sep 2010 at 19:45

psu = corsair 750watt
case = thermaltake shark, fan at front and back

this happened when the side panel was still off though

mattjd · 9 Sep 2010 at 19:48

PSU is very good and air flow seems fine.

must have been a faulty card from the beginning. could have been a power surge though (Might want to check your mains plug) Its very unlikely that it could be your mains plug but I would check anyway.

Gaz1988 · 9 Sep 2010 at 19:50

pc is connected through a surge adoptor thing, it didnt switch the electric off when it burst into flames, just the pc.

mattjd · 9 Sep 2010 at 20:02

Gaz1988 said:
pc is connected through a surge adoptor thing, it didnt switch the electric off when it burst into flames, just the pc.

You will have to just RMA the card then.

Gaz1988 · 9 Sep 2010 at 20:10

slightly annoyed!! hopefully ocuk take it back

greywolf · 9 Sep 2010 at 20:16

Gaz1988 said:
slightly annoyed!! hopefully ocuk take it back

I am sure they will. What looks like its burnt out on the board?

HW91 · 9 Sep 2010 at 20:17

pics?

BigBruiserAl · 9 Sep 2010 at 20:25

Silly question but was the card at room temp when you installed it?

reason i ask is when left in a cold wherhouse you can get condensation under the coolers

Gaz1988 · 9 Sep 2010 at 20:28

its burned the top righ hand corner of the card (i.e just right of the pci-e connection)

Gaz1988 · 9 Sep 2010 at 20:29

BigBruiserAl said:
Silly question but was the card at room temp when you installed it?

reason i ask is when left in a cold wherhouse you can get condensation under the coolers

card didnt feel cold to me, has been sitting in a box all day at my work waiting to be installed!

uploading a pic now.

iTek · 9 Sep 2010 at 20:31

geez.... glad your system is still grafting..

Gaz1988 · 9 Sep 2010 at 20:34

also surprised my system is still working... lol its got charing all up the motherboard aswell :/ strange!

greywolf · 9 Sep 2010 at 20:43

Nasty. Glad your system still works. Seems like a row of resistors once were there.

Fatboyuk2 · 9 Sep 2010 at 20:49

sorry but thay my lol

Kelah · 9 Sep 2010 at 21:14

RMA must be a faulty card

anuraj · 9 Sep 2010 at 21:16

LOl thats burnt up pretty bad.
ps
what does rma mean

SeraphX · 9 Sep 2010 at 21:32

see here anuraj
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18181682