Topic: XFX 7950 Double D Caught on Fire - page 2. (Read 2306 times)
http://event.msi.com/vga/afterburner/download.htm MSI Afterburner. That will tell you the temps. If those are only 5 weeks old. RMA them, you shouldn't be having these issues.
I cannot for the life of me get the temperature lower than 80c even with an industrial fan (identical temperatures without or with the fan). I always assumed their temperature was calculated by fan RPMs and not actually measured at the source.
I've backed off on intensity and OC a bit on the 1 GPU that hasn't fried but temperature is still 79c, not much cooler.
I've backed off on intensity and OC a bit on the 1 GPU that hasn't fried but temperature is still 79c, not much cooler.
It's possible the crappy thermal paste (most companies) they use needs to be replaced OR the heatsink fins are dirty. How hot does it run at idle?
I don't have many ways to check the temps other than the first reading when starting cgminer, in this case its around 40c. The GPU's were just 5 weeks old, very clean room, no dust, no pets. I also wanted to add that my rig is in a milk crate and very well spaced out with risers.
I cannot for the life of me get the temperature lower than 80c even with an industrial fan (identical temperatures without or with the fan). I always assumed their temperature was calculated by fan RPMs and not actually measured at the source.
I've backed off on intensity and OC a bit on the 1 GPU that hasn't fried but temperature is still 79c, not much cooler.
I've backed off on intensity and OC a bit on the 1 GPU that hasn't fried but temperature is still 79c, not much cooler.
It's possible the crappy thermal paste (most companies) they use needs to be replaced OR the heatsink fins are dirty. How hot does it run at idle?
I cannot for the life of me get the temperature lower than 80c even with an industrial fan (identical temperatures without or with the fan). I always assumed their temperature was calculated by fan RPMs and not actually measured at the source.
I've backed off on intensity and OC a bit on the other GPU but temperature is still 79c, not much cooler.
I've backed off on intensity and OC a bit on the other GPU but temperature is still 79c, not much cooler.
I have a small LTC rig with 2 XFX Double D 7950's (Black Edition), they run at 81c, slightly overclocked but runs well with an external fan. Great hash rate for a 7950, 730k/card. I came home on Friday to find my rig off. Not sure why (wasn't a power failure), so I went to turn the rig back on and bam, fire started in one of my 7950's. I turned off the power immediately and blew on the GPU until it went out. Scary as hell.
After I let things cool off, I wasn't able to turn on the rig, I was able to restore it when I removed the GPU that caught on fire. Clearly the GPU is fried, the other GPU seems ok, has anyone experienced something like this? Even if I can RMA this GPU, I'm petrified to mine again if another fire happened when I'm not home. I have no explanation what happened or how it would catch on fire from turning the power on.
I realize XFX doesn't have a great reputation among miners but I'm stuck on what to possibly do.
Rig specs:
2 XFX Double D, 7950 (Black Edition)
1 1000W Rosewill Gold PSU
ASRock Z77 Extreme4
4 GB G.Skill DDR3 RAM
Anyone have advice?
After I let things cool off, I wasn't able to turn on the rig, I was able to restore it when I removed the GPU that caught on fire. Clearly the GPU is fried, the other GPU seems ok, has anyone experienced something like this? Even if I can RMA this GPU, I'm petrified to mine again if another fire happened when I'm not home. I have no explanation what happened or how it would catch on fire from turning the power on.
I realize XFX doesn't have a great reputation among miners but I'm stuck on what to possibly do.
Rig specs:
2 XFX Double D, 7950 (Black Edition)
1 1000W Rosewill Gold PSU
ASRock Z77 Extreme4
4 GB G.Skill DDR3 RAM
Anyone have advice?
Its always a possibility when running electrical devices "hot". Strange it happened just when you turned the device on though. No idea why that would happen .... probably result of previous mining session. Did you ever measure card temperatures before the "big bang"?
anything over 75c isn't good. That said, it very well may have been a faulty card. XFX I understand are not great at mining, but they are good gaming cards. I'd suggest dropping your OC a little and play around with the mining program settings and see how high you can get you hash rate up without going over 75c. Also you NEED proper cooling if your going OC and do the normal cleaning...dust and such.
I have a small LTC rig with 2 XFX Double D 7950's (Black Edition), they run at 81c, slightly overclocked but runs well with an external fan. Great hash rate for a 7950, 730k/card. I came home on Friday to find my rig off. Not sure why (wasn't a power failure), so I went to turn the rig back on and bam, fire started in one of my 7950's. I turned off the power immediately and blew on the GPU until it went out. Scary as hell.
After I let things cool off, I wasn't able to turn on the rig, I was able to restore it when I removed the GPU that caught on fire. The other GPU seems ok, has anyone experienced something like this? I'm petrified to mine again if another fire happened when I'm not home. I have no explanation what happened or how it would catch on fire from turning the power on.
I realize XFX doesn't have a great reputation among miners but I'm stuck on what to possibly do.
Rig specs:
2 XFX Double D, 7950 (Black Edition)
1000W Gold PSU
ASRock Extreme 4
4 GB RAM
Anyone have advice?
After I let things cool off, I wasn't able to turn on the rig, I was able to restore it when I removed the GPU that caught on fire. The other GPU seems ok, has anyone experienced something like this? I'm petrified to mine again if another fire happened when I'm not home. I have no explanation what happened or how it would catch on fire from turning the power on.
I realize XFX doesn't have a great reputation among miners but I'm stuck on what to possibly do.
Rig specs:
2 XFX Double D, 7950 (Black Edition)
1000W Gold PSU
ASRock Extreme 4
4 GB RAM
Anyone have advice?
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