GPU exposed square damaged?

[Adrian38]

I got this PC sent to my but the cpu cooler probably fell on the way here

What is that exposed part on the GPU that looks like a circuit? It's not too unprobable that the cooler might've hit it or scratched it a couple of times 

I tried to turn on the PC for 3 seconds and it does all turn on but I don't know

[RONOTHAN##]

11 minutes ago, Adrian38 said:

What is that exposed part on the GPU that looks like a circuit?

Capacitors. Lots and lots of Multilayer Ceramic (MLC) capacitors. 

 

I'd pull the GPU out and look to see if any of the caps are cracked or broken off. There are usually some unoccupied solder pads, but you can generally tell a difference between unused pads and pads that clearly had something there that was forcefully removed. Broken off is usually not going to affect the functionality of the card, but cracked ones might as they can in theory fail short circuit and cause the card to have some issues. 

 

 

Where'd you get this computer anyway? Unless it was yours that you shipped to yourself, I'd probably return it as you don't know what else that CPU cooler might have destroyed. At least try and get a discount from whatever eBay/prebuilt seller you bought it from. 

[BobVonBob]

The CPU cooler has fallen off and is resting on the GPU! You need to fix that before trying anything else!

 

Maybe it physically broke something bouncing around in shipping, maybe it's shorting something on the back there and starting it up in that state broke it, maybe the CPU is instantly overheating because it doesn't have a cooler. Whatever the case may be, you need to get that CPU cooler mounted now.

[Jurrunio]

WTF don't turn it on, too late but at least let it lay flat on its side so the weight of the CPU cooler isn't on the card.

 

But the problems you are seeing is equally likely due to the CPU effectively missing its cooler and is bouncing on the temperature limit. Don't know if the cooler will still go back on, at this point if you have warranty on the system, just send the whole mess back.

 

You're way beyond the point of worrying about what component could be damaged on the graphics card. 

[Adrian38]

Thanks guys, I fixed it. Everything seems to be working fine and there doesn't seem to be any damage