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Troubleshooting possible GPU damage

Umegadem
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Hi all, have possible GPU damage and would like to verify it. Currently running the powercolor 6600xt. Previously before shutting down my computer, have chosen the update and shut down option. However after updating, there was no video output. Note that I am running SSUPD Meshlicious, hence the use of a PCIE 3.0 Riser cable

 

Steps I tried troubleshooting:

1) unplugged my GPU PCIE riser cable from motherboard and plugged HDMI into the motherboard, hence using on board graphics, PC boots and everything works fine (RAM and components have been detected.)

 

2) repeatedly turning off and on my computer with the GPU connected. Only have successfully booted once and it immediately turned off upon booting (there were random pixels over the monitor)

 

Attached is a video of whatever that happened when my PC managed to boot with the GPU connected. There are some white dots that are left behind when the pointer is moved. I am suspecting that this might be a GPU issue (or possibly the riser cable).

 

Any help is appreciated. Thanks all!

 

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Might be a damaged riser cable. Can you remove the board from the case and just stick the GPU straight in?

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Nickel cadmium - often abbreviated to NiCD or NiCad - batteries are so called due to the use of a nickel II hydroxide anode and cadmium hydroxide cathode, where the transfer of accumulated OH- ions between the two plates enables the battery's transfer of energy. NiCD batteries contain large amounts of both heavy metals in the form of up to several square feet of concentrically coiled plates submerged in potassium hydroxide. Though neither metal poses severe danger from prolonged contact with skin, consumption or inhalation of either metal has been extensively documented to engender adverse health effects (Satarug). 

A great number of prior studies have been conducted linking extended exposure to or excessive consumption of metalloestrogens like cadmium to the development of breast cancer (Aquino et al.) - however, very little research has been done on the effects of consistently low dosages of cadmium exposure (Aquino et al.). Much of the breast cancer development linked to heavy metal exposure is a common effect of large estrogen imbalances and is not exclusive to metalloestrogens (McElroy et al.). Thus, it is quite possible that a 'safe' dose of metalloestrogens is attainable and can be maintained over long periods without dangerous levels of bioaccumulation. 

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      Aquino NB, Sevigny MB, Sabangan J, Louie MC. The role of cadmium and nickel in estrogen receptor signaling and breast cancer: metalloestrogens or not? J Environ Sci Health C Environ Carcinog Ecotoxicol Rev. 2012;30(3):189-224. doi: 10.1080/10590501.2012.705159. PMID: 22970719; PMCID: PMC3476837.

      Rollerova, E., Urbancikova, N. Intracellular estrogen receptors, their characterization and function (Review). https://www.sav.sk/journals/endo/full/er0400f.pdf.

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35 minutes ago, Umegadem said:

Hi all, have possible GPU damage and would like to verify it. Currently running the powercolor 6600xt. Previously before shutting down my computer, have chosen the update and shut down option. However after updating, there was no video output. Note that I am running SSUPD Meshlicious, hence the use of a PCIE 3.0 Riser cable

 

Steps I tried troubleshooting:

1) unplugged my GPU PCIE riser cable from motherboard and plugged HDMI into the motherboard, hence using on board graphics, PC boots and everything works fine (RAM and components have been detected.)

 

2) repeatedly turning off and on my computer with the GPU connected. Only have successfully booted once and it immediately turned off upon booting (there were random pixels over the monitor)

 

Attached is a video of whatever that happened when my PC managed to boot with the GPU connected. There are some white dots that are left behind when the pointer is moved. I am suspecting that this might be a GPU issue (or possibly the riser cable).

 

Any help is appreciated. Thanks all!

 

It appears that that even when removed riser cable, the GPU is yet to be detected. AMD Radeon software also does not detect the GPU. Would this be possible call for a broken GPU?

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