StormClaw
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EDIT UPDATE: It turns out that it was the AIO watercooler that leaked. Deepcool Captain 360. After 1 year the water pump degraded and dripped coolant onto the top card. nVidia is not to blame.
I've had two Titan X cards for about a year now.
Never OCd them or did anything weird. They seen very little action because i didn't game much (put together a top rig but lost interest pretty soon. Maybe i'm just growing old for gaming).
What happened:
- came back home after a weeks vacation
- the room is dry and warm (no humidity)
- turn on PC to do some work (MS Word)
- after 1 min screen turns all garbled
- PC shuts down
- I start it up again and look inside the case
- topmost card sparks up and smoke starts coming out
- PC shuts down
- i pull out the card and it's covered in some kind of sticky motor-like oily stuff (smells like that too). Apparently it short-circuited.
What i think happened is some kind of oxidation process inside the card. I didn't take it apart cause it's screwed together very tight. Maybe there is some kind of part inside that contains this kind of motor-oil liquid, i dont know,
Can't RMA because i bought it while i was in US and brought to Europe.
Second card that was SLId is fine.
Pics:
https://i.imgur.com/0juQE2A.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/KnhGVtK.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/NPboDNT.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/g4ycY1S.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Sh6bz3h.jpg
I've had two Titan X cards for about a year now.
Never OCd them or did anything weird. They seen very little action because i didn't game much (put together a top rig but lost interest pretty soon. Maybe i'm just growing old for gaming).
What happened:
- came back home after a weeks vacation
- the room is dry and warm (no humidity)
- turn on PC to do some work (MS Word)
- after 1 min screen turns all garbled
- PC shuts down
- I start it up again and look inside the case
- topmost card sparks up and smoke starts coming out
- PC shuts down
- i pull out the card and it's covered in some kind of sticky motor-like oily stuff (smells like that too). Apparently it short-circuited.
What i think happened is some kind of oxidation process inside the card. I didn't take it apart cause it's screwed together very tight. Maybe there is some kind of part inside that contains this kind of motor-oil liquid, i dont know,
Can't RMA because i bought it while i was in US and brought to Europe.
Second card that was SLId is fine.
Pics:
https://i.imgur.com/0juQE2A.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/KnhGVtK.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/NPboDNT.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/g4ycY1S.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Sh6bz3h.jpg
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