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post #1 of 4
1/4/12 at 6:36am
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Hello,

 

I recently bought an Asus Essence STX. I installed it on a PCI Express slot on my Asus P8P67 Pro. Then I tried to install the drivers and it reminded me that I had to connect it to my PSU first (Silverstone Strider + 1000W). When I did, I booted the PC and the card immediately caught fire.

 

Does anyone know what happened ?

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post #2 of 4
1/4/12 at 7:42am
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Originally Posted by Feneckus View Post

Does anyone know what happened ?


Faulty card or PSU ? Incorrectly connected power cable (should not be possible in theory, though) ?

 

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post #3 of 4
1/4/12 at 8:39am


 

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Originally Posted by Feneckus View Post

Hello,

 

I recently bought an Asus Essence STX. I installed it on a PCI Express slot on my Asus P8P67 Pro. Then I tried to install the drivers and it reminded me that I had to connect it to my PSU first (Silverstone Strider + 1000W). When I did, I booted the PC and the card immediately caught fire.

 

Does anyone know what happened ?


You just told us. It caught fire! tongue.gif

 

Really though, it could have been anything mentioned above. Silverstone makes some good psu's so I might look at the card first.

 

So how did you put this fire out? Did you get an extinguisher and paint the pc with it?

 


Edited by oshia86 - 1/4/12 at 8:40am
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post #4 of 4
1/4/12 at 11:20am
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Originally Posted by oshia86 View Post
So how did you put this fire out? Did you get an extinguisher and paint the pc with it?

 

I just turned everything off and it stopped. Thankfully my PC is ok. I was worried about my graphics card for a second.

 

I really hope it's just a faulty card. When I get a new one I'd probably kill myself if this happened again. Which is why I wonder if I did something wrong.
 

 

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