Fried GPU?

[Ranjith]

Hello everyone. A month ago, I bought an Asus GTX 750 OC edition and a local 550watt psu. I was playing around with the overclocking settings of the gpu and everything was fine till yesterday when I switched on the pc and there was a spark in the psu and the system went dead. I immediatedly checked the psu and found it hot and having a burnt smell. Luckly it dint take any other component with it. So today I decided to not cheap out on the psu and bought a Corsair VS 450watt and a 120mm Cooler Master fan. After installing everything, I tried running BF 3 and Crysis 3. Previously I was able to run both the games smoothly at 720p with High setting. But today, the graphics in Crysis 3 were so bad that it looked like it was a game made in the year 2000! I mean the graphics were so terrible that there was no proper details and everything looked blurry. The BF 3 had proper graphics like before but kept lagging in random places. So do u think the old psu took the gpu with it? And is it possible to submit the gpu for a warranty check? Please help.

 

 

Thank you.

[Testcatt]

Did you buy the graphics card at a local store ? And in what country are you?

[Ranjith]

Did you buy the graphics card at a local store ? And in what country are you?

I live in India. No, I bought it from a reputed store in our city which provides very good service.

[Testcatt]

I live in India. No, I bought it from a reputed store in our city which provides very good service.

I'm not sure how warranty works in India but here in Iceland if i buy a graphics card at a store and it breaks then they HAVE TO give me a new one and they HAVE TO RMA it themselves.

[Ranjith]

I'm not sure how warranty works in India but here in Iceland if i buy a graphics card at a store and it breaks then they HAVE TO give me a new one and they HAVE TO RMA it themselves.

The policy is the same here. But what worries me is that the GPU may be damaged a bit due to the psu breakdown. In that case will the company accept it?

[Testcatt]

The policy is the same here. But what worries me is that the GPU may be damaged a bit due to the psu breakdown. In that case will the company accept it?

If you bought the PSU and GPU in the same store then yes they should switch it out.

[Ranjith]

If you bought the PSU and GPU in the same store then yes they should switch it out.

I bought the psu separately couple of days before buying the gpu from another store.

[Testcatt]

I bought the psu separately couple of days before buying the gpu from another store.

Hmm.. I would ask the store that sold you the PSU and the store that sold you the GPU.

[Ranjith]

Hmm.. I would ask the store that sold you the PSU and the store that sold you the GPU.

I know the store that sold me the GPU wasnt faulty but it was the PSU that caused the problem and since its a local brand, there is no warranty for it(that's how it is ) I was stupid to get a local PSU just cause I was impatient to wait a couple of days to buy the GPU and PSU together with a good brand.