Topic: GPU Heatsink exploded/blew up - page 2. (Read 4740 times)
Almost certainly a manufacturing defect. I would imagine just showing them the card will get you through the RMA process and on your way to a new card.
Ive got 14 sapphire cards using that stock cooler, guess it's time to find a replacement.
Weird. Your vapor chamber seems to have expanded. Maybe it was a manufacturing defect? The wrong type (or too much) of fluid was put in the vapor chamber and pressure became higher than it was designed for?
This could be a factor as well. Fan failure combined with too much fluid.
I know the topic name sounds insane but seriously I was just setting up my forth rig and I had a 7950 that I had tested in one of my test machines. The machine had been off for about a week now and the GPU was just sitting there. When I got the GPU out of the machine the image below is what I found... I have NEVER seen anything like this? Any idea what the hell caused this ? When I got the card out of the machine I looked at it and it was completely twisted because the top plastic case piece was still screwed on so the card was twisted to all hell also. It appears that the copper heatpipe/sink exploded like a balloon but I have never in my life seen something like this happen.
That is pretty rare. The heatpipes contain water and should be good past 120C degrees. I would imagine multiple failures would be required for the heatpipe to burst such as:
1) fan dies
2) high temp shutoff fails
3) temp passes 130C
4) heatpipe bursts
Thank you for your reply...
What I was beyond confused about is that the computer had been off... The room itself had gotten to about 95 degrees with the other machines but that specific one had been off. I didn't even know that the heat pipe contains water so I guess you learn something new everyday eh?
Weird. Your vapor chamber seems to have expanded. Maybe it was a manufacturing defect? The wrong type (or too much) of fluid was put in the vapor chamber and pressure became higher than it was designed for?
I know the topic name sounds insane but seriously I was just setting up my forth rig and I had a 7950 that I had tested in one of my test machines. The machine had been off for about a week now and the GPU was just sitting there. When I got the GPU out of the machine the image below is what I found... I have NEVER seen anything like this? Any idea what the hell caused this ? When I got the card out of the machine I looked at it and it was completely twisted because the top plastic case piece was still screwed on so the card was twisted to all hell also. It appears that the copper heatpipe/sink exploded like a balloon but I have never in my life seen something like this happen.
That is pretty rare. The heatpipes contain water and should be good past 120C degrees. I would imagine multiple failures would be required for the heatpipe to burst such as:
1) fan dies
2) high temp shutoff fails
3) temp passes 130C
4) heatpipe bursts
Take more pics and post them in a smaller size. I can't even tell what I'm looking at. Where's the other half of the heatsink? Is it a Gigabyte card?
Brand new lol but I am curious as to what the hell would even cause that.... let alone what it is that I am looking at lol
Heh, if it's new then it looks like an rma is in order.
I know the topic name sounds insane but seriously I was just setting up my forth rig and I had a 7950 that I had tested in one of my test machines. The machine had been off for about a week now and the GPU was just sitting there. When I got the GPU out of the machine the image below is what I found... I have NEVER seen anything like this? Any idea what the hell caused this ? When I got the card out of the machine I looked at it and it was completely twisted because the top plastic case piece was still screwed on so the card was twisted to all hell also. It appears that the copper heatpipe/sink exploded like a balloon but I have never in my life seen something like this happen.
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