rtx2060 My PSU exploded

[Rajarshi Samadder]

I was running game on Rtx 2060 super and suddenly the PSU exploded. I have been using this GPU for at least 7 months but no issue was so far. But today the PSU exploded. My concern is if my GPU is gone too? I can't test it as I don't have an extra PSU... So please let me know if there is any possibility of my GPU to be damaged like if anyone have any idea on such kind of scenario.

[fuzz0r]

Depends on what happened.

You'll need a new PSU anyhow, so all there is to do really is try with a new one.

[RONOTHAN##]

2 minutes ago, Rajarshi Samadder said:

o please let me know if there is any possibility of my GPU to be damaged like if anyone have any idea on such kind of scenario.

Yeah, a PSU explosion can take any part connected to it with it, so a CPU, GPU, SSD, motherboard, etc. 

 

Whether it did or not will depend on how it exploded and how lucky you are, and the only real way to tell is to replace the PSU and see if it POSTs. 

 

Good luck. 

[Rajarshi Samadder]

Thanks for the replies. What really happened is I rushed to the nearest pc shop and explained but they didn't have stored a powerful PSU. So they set a basic one of 450 watts. Now the PC is running fine with my old GPU 1050 ti and then again I couldn't test the RTX. Guess I have to wait anyway.

[PDifolco]

16 minutes ago, Rajarshi Samadder said:

Thanks for the replies. What really happened is I rushed to the nearest pc shop and explained but they didn't have stored a powerful PSU. So they set a basic one of 450 watts. Now the PC is running fine with my old GPU 1050 ti and then again I couldn't test the RTX. Guess I have to wait anyway.

Seems your PSU only shutdown (OC protection), not "exploded", then it'll work fine

What's your rig ? I mean a 2060S and it's 175W shouldn't trigger a shutdown on a 450W PSU, unless it's real crap

[Rajarshi Samadder]

9 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

Seems your PSU only shutdown (OC protection), not "exploded", then it'll work fine

What's your rig ? I mean a 2060S and it's 175W shouldn't trigger a shutdown on a 450W PSU, unless it's real crap

No, the PSU didn't shut down it's capacitors popped (i guess) and smoke came out. The retailer tasted the damaged PSU and that was of 800 watts and told its dead. so the 450 w one is new.

[Rajarshi Samadder]

13 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

Seems your PSU only shutdown (OC protection), not "exploded", then it'll work fine

What's your rig ? I mean a 2060S and it's 175W shouldn't trigger a shutdown on a 450W PSU, unless it's real crap

And my setup is i5 10400f, 32 gigs of ddr4 ram 3200 mhz, and the rtx 2060

[Pixelfie]

What model PSU was it?

 

The GPU breaking is a possibility. Testing using a 450w PSU should be fine for the system. If it just boots, it's most likely fine.

[DJRWolf]

Anything connected to your PSU could be damaged. This is something I got very lucky on years ago when I had a power supply fail and spray a shower of sparks out the back when it did. Turned out it did not take anything with it but as I said I got lucky. Since then I have been very picky about my PSU's and never cheap out on them.

 

Always get a good PSU because a bad one can take the rest of the system with it.

[LienusLateTips]

What model PSU was it? A good 450W can absolutely power your system, but a shit 750W might not.

[Rajarshi Samadder]

Gigabyte psu... 

[Spotty]

1 minute ago, Rajarshi Samadder said:

Gigabyte psu... gigabyte p 750 gm 

Those are known to explode. It shouldn't have damaged the rest of the PC though.