pillowhead44if you are willing to bet money on it i would take that bet, as this happened to me yesterday on my EVGA SC gtx 970, which is the only reason i exist in this thread as i was was trying to see if it happened to anyone else. while playing wow i noticed a glowing from my case and looked down to see the bottom gpu (the one that was not even running the game as there is no sli for that came) was on fire, and my computer quickly shut down after that. As EVGA's wonderful customer support asked I took pictures of it and emailed it to them, but for your viewing pleasure of the aftermath i uploaded them here ----> . ass you can see the scorge marks on the PCB, but my entire card was not on fire, the flames were only coming from this spot which now has what appears to be some exposed metals.
bsmegregCould I see a photo :)I leave my PC on all night sometimes to Fold and that would be a bad day if I came back to that (trust me).
mokkemabsmegregCould I see a photo :)I leave my PC on all night sometimes to Fold and that would be a bad day if I came back to that (trust me).My PC has been "on all night" for the last decade and a half.
mokkema20 years of building PCs I've never heard of or seen first hand a GPU spontaneously catch fire. I don't trust your customer. Maybe I'm wrong...but I'd bet money I'm not.
bcavnaughmokkema20 years of building PCs I've never heard of or seen first hand a GPU spontaneously catch fire. I don't trust your customer. Maybe I'm wrong...but I'd bet money I'm not. Looks like and could have been a piece of metal like a paper clip laid on the GPU.
direraptor22The customer already got his replacement and it's working great now. I don't know what my store is going to do with the card though, most likely trash it. Thanks EVGA for the backup though! I haven't had any of my EVGA cards catch fire yet. I wanna assume the customer did something they shouldn't have done as well...... but can't put the blame on anybody without proof xD
HeavyHemiWoW has been known to cause GPU's to commit suicide.
donta1979Wow I would expect something crazy to happen by the vregs/power connectors but not there. Last game I remember causing destruction to PC's was Max Pain when it launched.
Krampsdireraptor22The customer already got his replacement and it's working great now. I don't know what my store is going to do with the card though, most likely trash it. Thanks EVGA for the backup though! I haven't had any of my EVGA cards catch fire yet. I wanna assume the customer did something they shouldn't have done as well...... but can't put the blame on anybody without proof xDSomething stinks in Pleasantville.... EVGA is offering a replacement but a business doesn't want it? From a QC standpoint EVGA "needs" the card back for investigative purposes. If a component almost "burned my house down" I would want a report from the manufacturer as to the probable cause.
bcavnaughKrampsdireraptor22The customer already got his replacement and it's working great now. I don't know what my store is going to do with the card though, most likely trash it. Thanks EVGA for the backup though! I haven't had any of my EVGA cards catch fire yet. I wanna assume the customer did something they shouldn't have done as well...... but can't put the blame on anybody without proof xDSomething stinks in Pleasantville.... EVGA is offering a replacement but a business doesn't want it? From a QC standpoint EVGA "needs" the card back for investigative purposes. If a component almost "burned my house down" I would want a report from the manufacturer as to the probable cause. "burned my house down" I really thing this no so true, if it was the rubber SLI Cover would have melted.
bsmegregIt didn't burn his house down, no one said it did. But it could of maybe burned his house down depending on how bad it could of got.
direraptor22I work as a parts salesman and sold an EVGA 970 SSC to one of my customers the other day, he brought it back the next day saying that it was great, ran all of his games smoothly until it went SNAP CRACKLE POP, then smoke and flames everywhere! Almost burnt down his house! Thankfully his first instinct was to unplug the PC and that put the fire out (whew). We swapped his card out with a Gigabyte G1 Gaming 970... and his replacement has been working great so far. AFAIK, the card was installed properly and even had a nice RM850 power supply running it. The rest of the system was not damaged, fortunately.
KrampsbsmegregIt didn't burn his house down, no one said it did. But it could of maybe burned his house down depending on how bad it could of got.The OP said it almost burned it down.... did you read the posts? direraptor22I work as a parts salesman and sold an EVGA 970 SSC to one of my customers the other day, he brought it back the next day saying that it was great, ran all of his games smoothly until it went SNAP CRACKLE POP, then smoke and flames everywhere! Almost burnt down his house! Thankfully his first instinct was to unplug the PC and that put the fire out (whew). We swapped his card out with a Gigabyte G1 Gaming 970... and his replacement has been working great so far. AFAIK, the card was installed properly and even had a nice RM850 power supply running it. The rest of the system was not damaged, fortunately.
bsmegregbcavnaughKrampsdireraptor22The customer already got his replacement and it's working great now. I don't know what my store is going to do with the card though, most likely trash it. Thanks EVGA for the backup though! I haven't had any of my EVGA cards catch fire yet. I wanna assume the customer did something they shouldn't have done as well...... but can't put the blame on anybody without proof xDSomething stinks in Pleasantville.... EVGA is offering a replacement but a business doesn't want it? From a QC standpoint EVGA "needs" the card back for investigative purposes. If a component almost "burned my house down" I would want a report from the manufacturer as to the probable cause. "burned my house down" I really thing this no so true, if it was the rubber SLI Cover would have melted.It didn't burn his house down, no one said it did. But it could of maybe burned his house down depending on how bad it could of got.
direraptor22I work as a parts salesman and sold an EVGA 970 SSC to one of my customers the other day, he brought it back the next day saying that it was great, ran all of his games smoothly until it went SNAP CRACKLE POP, then smoke and flames everywhere! Almost burnt down his house! Thankfully his first instinct was to unplug the PC and that put the fire out (whew). We swapped his card out with a Gigabyte G1 Gaming 970... and his replacement has been working great so far. AFAIK, the card was installed properly and even had a nice RM850 power supply running it. The rest of the system was not damaged, fortunately.Image Removed Has YOUR graphics card caught fire before? And if so, was it an EVGA card?
rickzrickzI just bought a brand new EVA Geforce GTX 970 SSC card a few days ago because my roughly 3 year old AMD/ATI card literally burned up and if I had left it plugged in, might have burned up the some of the computer, and then caught my house on fire. (If I had not been in the room to unplug the computer, who knows.). I was playing a game, not even pushing it too much. Suddenly the computer shuts down (a thermal reboot). Then it starts up again on its own, that's when the fire, smoke and smell hit me. I pull that cord quick, luckily - and it goes out. A few days later, I took the whole computer to best buy. I told them what happened, but they plugged it in anyway and nearly instantly the fire shot out when they turned it on. And the smell is bad. I can't believe that companies manufacture stuff so dangerous (Anyone heard of UL listing / fuses, temp sensors, etc?). Best buy did not tell me they saw water damage or some metal short, just that the card had burned up - probably due to dust or overheating. I did not over clock. Did not spill water on it. Did have lots of dust though, but who does not have dust? How often do you open up your computer and vacuum out the dust? Even if the fan jams, won't a thermal shutdown on the card keep it from burning up? Well the card I had failed that test.I don't leave computers (with higher end graphics cards) running anymore without me being around, because of my personal experience and reading forums like this one, and the amount of dust that builds up in my house. For those who do not believe, good luck. I regret buying this card if it can burn up too, like ATI did - hopefully it won't. I switched to an NVidia based card into that same computer, because I liked them, but now I am going to have watch it like a hawk.
escannihilatorI do the same thing, but every week I do the dusting duty..