Nicklordzero

Alright, well I've seen countless warnings not to use their software since a lot of it is useless nonsense. I haven't touched the uninstaller software other than during the Windows 8.1 era. I personally switched over to Revo Uninstaller Pro since it does all that + backs up my system restore in case something goes wrong. You do you!

DON'T USE IOBIT SOFTWARE! Use the built-in uninstaller or use something like Revo Uninstaller.

That's what I thought! So many people would tell us on YouTube to stay away from it, just like CCleaner!

Alright, well I've seen countless warnings not to use their software since a lot of it is useless nonsense. I haven't touched the uninstaller software other than during the Windows 8.1 era. I personally switched over to Revo Uninstaller Pro since it does all that + backs up my system restore in case something goes wrong. You do you!

That's what I'm saying! With the 20+ years of experience I have with computer hardware, I've never dealt with something just blowing up with smoke unless something was either tampered with or extremely faulty. I also buy 90% of my used GPUs from eBay and never had such issues with those cards. So this sounds like either severe user error or being scammed with a DOA card.

How about instead of using Windows 11, you go with something like Windows 10 LTSC or Debian Linux? It honestly depends on what you're looking to do fully...

This sounds like a possible issue with a configuration with the BIOS for the chip. Has your motherboard's bios been updated in a while? I know your CPU is a laptop model CPU, but I've seen issues in the past with laptop manufacturers posting fixed updates on their websites. 60c can sometimes be too much for these newer chips, too. Funny enough, I got rid of using laptops for gaming for that said reason!

I'd recommend opening an eBay ticket and not telling them that you cleaned the connectors with ISO. Isopropyl alcohol shouldn't be the cause of the fire! Which is why it's irrelevant to put that in your claim. I am assuming that it could've been caused by your (but unlikely) power supply fault or the main culprit... the seller sold you a FAULTY GPU!

Good news is, eBay ALWAYS sides with the buyer, so you should have no issue winning the claim! Can you please post the link to the eBay listing? I would like to do some more digging on the seller.

Thank you so much! This is exactly what I was looking for!

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Srsly I cant find any in the country.

First custom loop I’ve made:
i7-4770k - 4.5GHz 1.300V 32GB DDR3 ASUS Maximus Hero Vii EVGA 750w G2 NVIDEA GTX 780 (Couldn’t find a block on eBay for it yet)