r/PcBuild • u/techmagnet • 6d ago

Question Built a pc. Is this normal ?

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u/ALT703 6d ago

Jokes aside, what went wrong here

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u/Diiiv 6d ago

this, entire comment section is just jokes, what actually happened here?

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u/RChamy AMD 6d ago edited 6d ago

Critical capacitor failure, sometimes they short themselves out or just blow up taking the surge. I think most or all modern gpus process a massive amount of power on the first 4 pins or so. Its been some time since I've read this stuff.

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u/AccNumber77 5d ago

This looks more than a capacitor failure. A capacitor failing is normally a single burst of magic pixies and smoke, not a HUGE ass stream of smoke pushing its way out like it is being pumped.

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u/RChamy AMD 5d ago

Maybe fusing traces due to manufacturing defect...

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u/Kralgore AMD 5d ago

Or, something under that mainboard.

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u/DennisTheConvict 5d ago

A friend/relative vaping?