DROPPED RAM ON RUNNING GPU

[Johnprogamez]

I just dropped my ram on my running gpu and now my pc won't even turn on, is my gpu fried???

[Mooshi]

You'd have to have pretty dense ram to pierce through the fan shroud and heat sink to actually touch the GPU.

[Johnprogamez]

 

Update, my pc turns on without my gpu

[Johnprogamez]

I have corsair vengeance ram and it fell on the metal contacts

[ProRifts]

Wow thats something I have never heard before. Remove the GPU from the PCIe slot and try to boot first.

[ProRifts]

Did your ram break or was the GPU weaker? 

[Johnprogamez]

I had a gtx 1060 6gb and I dropped one of my ram sticks on the back of the gpu and it may have shorted it

[SorcierX]

my question is how? usually the system is off when you're installing / removing components .... so just how?

[HenkDeKip]

Did you unplug it and replug it? The card might've moved a bit.

[ProRifts]

Just now, SorcierX said:

my question is how? usually the system is off when you're installing / removing components .... so just how?

Very good point. You should have your system off when installing/removing parts.

[Johnprogamez]

I was about to turn my system off, then install my ram, but then it fell and shorted the gpu

[ProRifts]

I see, I don't really know what to suggest here. Turn your PSU off, if you haven't already, re-install the GPU and see if it boots. Give it a bit of time but if nothing happens, it looks like you have a dead card

[SorcierX]

if there's no backplate on your gpu and that's where it landed, it's very possible that it's dead.

 

my #1 rule while building PCs since '96 - system off before opened

 

sorry to hear your luck, best thing you could do is to contact support and see what they say.

[-rascal-]

Why are you messing around with the components when the system is ON?!

Why was the RAM stick near the motherboard when it is still on??

It's like going to change the saw blade while the saw is still spinning...

 

If the metal contacts or heatsink made contact with some of the electrical components on the GPU, it might have caused a short-circuit.

In that situation, your GPU is probably damaged.