My Computer Bled:(

Ch3m1c4L

Ch3m1c4L

Ch3m1c4L

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Last night, was testing out some bitcoin mining on 2 out of 3 of my gpu's (3rd one turned off on the board) and then I went for a cig and a shower, came back to see that my monitors were off and I assumed something had crashed.
Good news, PC didnt "crash"
Bad news, a tube had popped off my rad on my GPU loop after being fine for months. Carpet covered in lovely black/uv blue fluid.
Ordered new fluid to arrive tomorrow.

What I am wondering is, since I know that the GPU's have thermal shutdown etc that works if they edge up to a certain temperature, but does anyone know the likely hood that they managed to turn off and not kill themselves if they suddenly lose cooling while at 100% load?

Dont want to have to buy some more 480s:(
 
chances are they'll be fine, its like ps3's they have the ylod for thermal shut-down, sometimes after that first time they'll be fine, sometimes they wont, but after a big overheat like that they wont be as strong (solder joints) as they once where
 
they should be fine, i'd be incredibly surprised if they didnt have something that turned them off under very high heat.

also, dont forget to leave them to dry for a couple of days. might be worth removing the coolers in case some water has snuck between the coolers and the card
 
no problem with leaks, the tube that came off was the one on the rad in the bottom of the case, and the side panel was off, so it just sprayed out onto the floor, then dribbled out the bottom of the case a bit. I guess I knocked it when removing the pink (supposed to hav ebeen red) anti kink coils, enough so that it gradually got pushed off or something. Have now bought the rest of the hose clips that I was missing from before lol

Thanks for the info, not so worried about it now, I knew they were fine at shutting down if they approached the temperature at a "normal" rate just thought it might happen to quickly in this situation
Bottom right of this pic:
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