XFX Card in Flames!

[juicy]

i would take pictures.. but alas my camera was stolen when i got my car broken into, i fired up my computer after coming back home from vacation when i see sparks and flames coming out of the xfx7950GT board i had just bought in late june , after the fireworks show my computer promply turned off, and didnt boot. i put in the POS ti4200 in the mean time to get it running, but wtf would cause the card to burn up like that, i have a message pending on the xfx support site as we speak.

 

[Kowan]

Curious...was the case inside covered in dust? Oviously something shorted out but why?

 

[AltTabbins]

pics or shens

 

[Adionik]

That card was too hot to handle for you....

 

[RangerXML]

Was this a AGP 7950GT?

 

[kuyaglen]

Was this a AGP 7950GT?

if he replaced it with a Ti 4200 then yeah.

 

[jbmx4life]

if he replaced it with a Ti 4200 then yeah.

OR

he has an agp/pci-e mobo....

 

[juicy]

yep good ol agp.. keepin it alive as long as i can no shens either..

 

[dingo99]

Do you know which part on the board went up in flames? I read on another forum that someone had a capacitor labeled CE3 explode off his XFX 7900GS AGP (same board design as the 7950GT).

 

[digital_exhaust]

Blown up cap as said above.. that's my bet....

I want a pic dammit

 

[juicy]

Do you know which part on the board went up in flames? I read on another forum that someone had a capacitor labeled CE3 explode off his XFX 7900GS AGP (same board design as the 7950GT).

mine has a quite a bit CE2, CE3, LX1 and one on back thats completely melted between CX84 and CX85 it looks like LX1 was the culprit as all the copper rapped around the the little capacitor is gone.

 

[dingo99]

I want a pic dammit

The other guy has posted pics if you're interested, though it's less damage then juicy experienced...
http://www.bjorn3d.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16236

 

[XFXSupport]

What is the ticket number so I can look into this for you?

XFX Support