Fried my GeForce 6600GT in 3 Days

Unix · Post by **Unix** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 8:03 pm

Yep 3 fuckin days.

I bought it here

Picture

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Krom · Post by **Krom** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 8:23 pm

Heh, smokin! Good thing neweggs returns are easy.

Xamindar · Post by **Xamindar** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 8:28 pm

how did it stop working? did the screen just go black?

DarkShadow · Post by **DarkShadow** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 8:54 pm

Wow thats sucks RMA it.

Unix · Post by **Unix** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 8:58 pm

Yeah, I'm glad they are too.

Funny thing is, I wasn't doing anything that was graphically intensive. I was mixing some music with Adobe Audition. Then black screen, followed by smoke.

I looked at a few other pictures of this card and some of them had a different component in the place where mine was burned up. I don't know if this is some cost-saving thing that evga did or what, but I'm getting a replacement card soon. Sucks not being able to play anything but solitaire though...

As a side note, I haven't seen this error before:

DBB Anomoly

Unix · Post by **Unix** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 9:17 pm

Here's a picture of the same card but it has two components that mine doesn't. Anyone know what these do, or if not having them would potentially cause problems?

Card Comparison

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 9:55 pm

Those components are for a aux power supply to the card.

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 10:03 pm

Krom wrote:Those components are for a aux power supply to the card.

I was just gunna say Krom. good call. unix.. were you over clocking that card?

Unix · Post by **Unix** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 5:06 am

Not a bit.

Mr. Perfect · Post by **Mr. Perfect** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 12:46 pm

The PCI Express versions of the 6600GTs don't really need auxilary power, just the AGP versions. The PCI Express slot provides more power then the AGP slot.

Unix · Post by **Unix** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 1:07 pm

Does anyone know what the component that blew on mine was?

STRESSTEST · Post by **STRESSTEST** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 2:13 pm

It was an IC

lol

Unix · Post by **Unix** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 4:10 pm

After a quick google, wtf is an IC?

Grendel · Post by **Grendel** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 4:19 pm

Integrated Circuit.

Unix · Post by **Unix** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 4:49 pm

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 5:35 pm

i wonder what type of IC? looks like a SPD module if you ask me.

Unix wrote:Yep 3 ****in days.

I bought it here

heh, that says it doesnt support SLI but it still has the SLI link tab with all the circuits and componnents attached.

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 5:41 pm

Unix, can We get some closeups of the entire board? Front and back? ... in focus please. Those last ones were a bit blury.

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 1:46 am

Unix wrote:Here's a picture of the same card but it has two components that mine doesn't. Anyone know what these do, or if not having them would potentially cause problems?

Card Comparison

YUp. I was thinkin there were parts missing. The circuit boards were made by different manufactorers. If you notice, those two pads bridge plains the IC is attached to. No cap to regulate voltage.

BOOM!

btw, that black thing hanging out over the edge is the aux power connector.

Unix · Post by **Unix** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 9:26 am

I'd post better pics but I already returned it

I wonder if my replacement will have the same problem?

Xamindar · Post by **Xamindar** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 11:50 am

Duper wrote: btw, that black thing hanging out over the edge is the aux power connector.

Are you sure? It looks like a transistor to me. Isn't an aux power connecter (my old voodoo5 has one) white and have 4 connections?

Or am I thinking of something else?

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 12:02 pm

The new aux power connectors can be any color plastic and have 6 wires.

Unix · Post by **Unix** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 12:43 pm

Why would the same video card have an aux power connector, and one won't? And like I said before, do you think that I'll have the same problem with the replacement?

Xamindar · Post by **Xamindar** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 1:15 pm

Unix wrote:do you think that I'll have the same problem with the replacement?

Either way, you're gonna soon find out.

That is really a strange thing to happen. I have only seen similar things happen on network cards that got a surge through the network cable. There hasn't been a storm in your area recently has there?

Unix · Post by **Unix** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 1:44 pm

Not that I can remember. And at the time of the burn-out I was mixing some music with Adobe Audition. Hardly something requiring the graphics card to exert itself.

Maybe I need a better surge protector than the $10 one I got at the Base Exchange.

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 2:26 pm

Unix wrote:Why would the same video card have an aux power connector, and one won't? And like I said before, do you think that I'll have the same problem with the replacement?

Things change from review boards to retail boards, and different revisions even.

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 3:29 pm

ive seen tremendous changes in componnents on video cards even just after a few months of the initial release of the card.

Unix · Post by **Unix** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 4:08 pm

I wonder if I had the older version or the newer one...

I would think that I had the older one since the other had an additional component.

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 10:57 pm

Unix wrote:Maybe I need a better surge protector than the $10 one I got at the Base Exchange.

Those things are utterly useless. Just bite the bullet (if you can), and shoot for a UPS (uninterruptable power supply, aka battery backup). I wouldn't go for anything less than 500VA. Hell, some companies will cover anything connected to it upto a given ammount (usually $10,000 - $25,000).

Ferno · Post by **Ferno** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 11:57 pm

AceCombat wrote:i wonder what type of IC? looks like a SPD module if you ask me.

SPD modules are on sticks of DDR RAM.

Man, maybe we should give you a googlechecker for your birthday.

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 8:41 am

Lol. I had my eye on buying that card.

Unix · Post by **Unix** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 9:07 am

On newegg, it's got 10+ positive reviews. I think I just got a shitty one.

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 10:07 am

Unix wrote:On newegg, it's got 10+ positive reviews. I think I just got a ****ty one.

Newegg filters all their reviews, 10+ good ones doesn't mean anything.

Canuck · Post by **Canuck** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 3:09 pm

Since the chips are silk-screened op 08 and 09 I'm assuming they are op amps.

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 10:32 pm

Ferno wrote:
AceCombat wrote:i wonder what type of IC? looks like a SPD module if you ask me.
SPD modules are on sticks of DDR RAM.

Man, maybe we should give you a googlechecker for your birthday.

hey, im just throwing out guesses here.....