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8800GT PCI-e power issues

8800GT PCI-e power issues
« on: June 17, 2010, 08:04:24 am »
Hey there, I have an old 8800GT that is having a bit of an issue.  It works fine albiet with lowered clocks without the 6 pin PCI-e, but as soon as I try to turn on the computer with the 6 pin installed, it sparks and smoke comes out.  Wondering if anyone has had the issue before, and if it's a simple fix, i.e. replace a capacitor or two.

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Re: 8800GT PCI-e power issues
« Reply #1 on: June 17, 2010, 09:16:32 am »
Beyond summising that it has blown a component in the power input circuit I can't be more precise. I think you would have to return it for repair or maybe find a local electronics repair shop that can look at it.
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Re: 8800GT PCI-e power issues
« Reply #2 on: June 21, 2010, 10:38:43 pm »
Aye, was kinda what I expected, much thanks for the time though.  It'd likely cost more to get it simply looked at (before any repairs) than to buy a current card of equivalent performance.

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Re: 8800GT PCI-e power issues
« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2010, 12:06:24 am »
Yes, I would guess so and you don't know what other damage has been done to the card even though it kind of works without the external power supply.
Gigabyte X58A-UD7
i7 920
Dominators 1600 x6 12GB
6970 2GB
HX850
256GB SSD, Sam 1TB, WDB320GB
Blu-Ray
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Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
i7 3770K
Vengeance 1600 16GB
6950 2GB
HCP1200W
Revo Drive x2, 1.5TB WDB RAID0
16x DLRW
StrikeX S7
Full water cooling
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