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Hello everyone

When I inatalled y gtx 970 strix unknowingly one of the 8pin connectors from my power supply got stuck in the fan and when I turned my computer on it made some weird cranking noises. I took it out and it seems to be fine but should I be worried?

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Nah, if it looks fine now it probably is fine. It's not so bad if a fan is blocked for a small period, it can damage it if it's blocked for a long time, but if it was for a small period and it looks fine now, it's probably ok. No worries my friend!

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It should be fine dude. I've gotten screws and such stuck by accident, but as long as the fans are working, and your cpu is working, you should be fine. Stress test your video card to get your fans going at 100% to make sure the one fan wasn't damaged. 

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Hopefully it was the 8pin against the aluminum/copper heatsink. Try turning your computer on with the card in it again (making sure nothing is in the way, obviously) and pray to Lord GabeN that it was just the connector against the heatsink. Don't go up and open a game as soon as it boots, try looking at the card while it's idling and see if it's okay and that ASUS GPU Tweak or MSI Afterburner or whatever reports normal temperatures. Then go and stress it with FurMark or what have you.

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I once plugged my 8pin connector into my cpu power, after 20seconds of me blankly looking at it thinking "Cooooool" I realised it was literally smoking. I unplugged it and it is currently powering my gpu, shall I be worried? I think'st not.

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Thanks for replies guys :) soothed my soul

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As long as no fan blade has come off it's fine. But if it did you'd probably know about it.

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