managed to plug in an 8pin EPS connector into the GPUs 6+2pin connection

[belh4wk]

So yeah, topic pretty much says it all (and this whilst i know, if it's tough to plug in, don't force it, the thing is, it went in relatively easily)

booted the machine, heard the normal beep and then the screen stayed black (obviously)
now, i can't test until i get the right cable in, and i don't have another rig to test the gfx card on

so my question is, what can i expect? did i just fry my gfx card?
(if it helps, i didn't hear any crackling or smell anything burnt)

i've checked a few other threads where others have managed to do this, and the schematic comparing both connectors aren't promising for my situation...

thanks for any info

(don't troll pls, feel bad enough as it is)

 

 

Edit: Update! I've received the necessary additional hardware and happy to report i did not fry my rx570 O8G gfx card! W00t!

Edited May 12, 2020 by belh4wk

[SenKa]

What PSU do you have?

 

It shouldn't have tried to boot at all. But, with that being said, all you did was short 12v to ground. The likelihood of this killing the GPU is slim, unless you bought some stupid cheap PSU with no over current protection. 

[belh4wk]

3 minutes ago, SenKa said:

What PSU do you have?

 

It shouldn't have tried to boot at all. But, with that being said, all you did was short 12v to ground. The likelihood of this killing the GPU is slim, unless you bought some stupid cheap PSU with no over current protection. 

your explanation is in line with my base-analysis as well.
In hindsight, i found it strange that it even powered on as well...any idea why that might've been?

my psu is a decent Seasonic (a bit of an older model, non modular and has overcurrent protection indeed)

thanks for the response, it at least puts my mind at ease somewhat, here's hoping i didn't ruin the card

oh, other than that mishap, everything else is running fine, system monitoring isn't showing anything out of the ordinary either, so i have some hopes i may have gotten out of this unscathed

[belh4wk]

5 minutes ago, NZgamer said:

Yeah, you should be fine

thanks for reassuring me, appreciate it 

[belh4wk]

this is the one i have, if anyone's wondering for specifics

note: shortcircuit protection on all circuits, over voltage protection and over power protection

https://seasonic.com/pub/media/pdf/industrial/datasheet/SS-600-500-400-350-300-ET.pdf

[belh4wk]

16 minutes ago, NZgamer said:

Yeah, you will definitley be fine. Seasonic makes very high quality power supllies.

that's what i've heard indeed, Linus recommends them too so...

this really puts my mind at ease, thanks man! genuinely appreciate it!