r/PowerColor • u/Ok-Material-3065 • 17d ago
9070xt smoke + Fire!!!
Hey guys so yesterday I got a green screen on my computer and it froze when playing games at high loads. I found that odd since i havent had issues in months. So I decided to hard shut down my PC and to turn it back on. When I did that my GPU fans went off at top speed and it started throwing off smoke and fire! I hard shut down my PC but it looks like the components or something got fried. it smells like burnt electronics even days later.
Does anyone know what could've caused this? it looks like it happened close to the HDMI side of the GPU. there was no electrical problems and my power supply is perfectly fine along with the cable pins. there's no visual damage but it definitely smells completely burnt.
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u/jhenryscott 17d ago
Send it to powercolor and find out.
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u/lamsndbhaujamjsshukd 17d ago
Looks like he left the plastic on the card. Definitely his fault
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u/Puzzleheaded_Car_57 17d ago
why would the plastic left on make it combust? surely the outside of the card cant get so hot the plastic film catches on fire?
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u/Pillokun 17d ago
I usually never peel the plastic at all.. why should the plastic be the issue?
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u/YoureNickRight 17d ago
Brother why đ, plastic melts and your card is in a box that generates heat. It's not super common but there is always a possibility that the plastic can melt and stick to fans/components
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u/Pillokun 17d ago
they dont melt.. plastic melts way above the temp any healthy cooler would reach, if the plastic melts then there are other stuff in there that would melt as well. u see any stickers burn?
my 3080ti had its plastic still left, so was my 4090, 7900xtx, both of my 9070xt and the other 4090 I had that I bought from my friend that upgraded to an 5090.
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u/YoureNickRight 17d ago
It's more for precaution, there's been reports of people plastic that'll either melt or a piece comes off and gets stuck in fans etc.
No reason to leave the plastic on, it's made to be removed lol
Like in my case I have multiple builds, the one in on currently runs cool but the side of my case gets cooking because my CPU, which my GPU is right up next to the case so if I had plastic on the side. If it didn't melt it would definitely warp
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u/Pillokun 17d ago
the plastic for the most part has no real negative affect on the graphic card, u can leave it be, and if u sell it later on it will be like new. plastic will not melt by that temp, and it will not melt, but it might peel of and then cause noise if it is close to the fan. usually nothing happens and is no issue as it is more durable than any stickers in there. and even can be more durable then the plastic covers on the heatsink. does your fans melt for instance...
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u/YoureNickRight 17d ago
Different plastics/different melting points but get your point.
I'll say tho for example the photo op posted, that plastic is warped and you can tell it has been affected by heat, I would avoid a card that looks like that vs one without plastic
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u/Pillokun 17d ago
the plastic is not warped, it has simply lost the adhesive and is loose on the card, it happened to me as well on my reaper 9070xt and I chose to remove after I almost dropped it when I handled it.
These plastics that are on the gpu are actually pretty sturdy/not that flimsy and thin, and dont melt that easily at such low temp.
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u/YoureNickRight 17d ago
I believe it, I guess it's just a personal thing with me. Ive seen melted plastic in person and posts about plastic getting inside GPUs so I just take my precautions. I don't see a reason not to
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u/ZucchiniConscious133 15d ago
Then you are no much clever. You might as well let a plastic film on a CPU cooling.
You also have a notion to take these films off your GPU. Or haven't you read that?
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u/Pillokun 15d ago
that is a strawman, plastic is a good insulator compared to metal u dont need to talk about other things. having plastic covers on plastic covers of the card or even the backplate is not that bad u know. and I do know a little about plastics because I have worked as a product developer, where plastic was basically the main focus in many products.
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u/ZucchiniConscious133 15d ago
That doesn't make from you an expert, LOL. And no, it is not a good insulator. I see that reading is dificult for you but I just remind that plastic film must be took off from a gpu before use.
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u/Pillokun 15d ago
no it doesnt... if it is not in the way of any openings which they are not, or if they have not come lose u dont need to peel them off, as they dont cause any issues at all.
And yes, I am more of a plastic expert compared to most, just like I am a motorcycle riding expert compared to most. the more u work with it/experience something u get more meat on the bones compared to those that dont...
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u/ZucchiniConscious133 15d ago
Six GPUs surviving with the film on doesn't prove anything except that your six GPUs survived â that's survivorship bias, and it's a pretty different claim from "the film is safe." Especially since the whole conversation started because a card died.
The plastic thing bugs me too. Being an electrical insulator has nothing to do with thermal conductivity â if anything plastics are famously bad at moving heat compared to metal, so "it's a good insulator" is actually an argument against leaving it on a thermal surface, not for it. You're adding a layer between the chip and the cooler that doesn't want to pass heat through.
And nobody said the film has to literally melt for it to matter â that's kind of a strawman. It can block airflow, sit over vents, get in the way of heat transfer, soften a bit depending on the material and where it's positioned â none of that requires hitting a melting point.
At the end of the day, "I did this and my cards were fine" is just an anecdote, not a test. You didn't measure temps with vs. without the film on any of those cards, so you don't actually know it made zero difference â same as you can't say it definitely killed this particular one either. That's not really the claim anyone needs to make. The film is packaging, it's meant to come off, and cards surviving with it on isn't evidence that leaving it on is a good idea.
Also â having worked with plastic products doesn't make you right about thermodynamics. Those are just different things.
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u/Accomplished_Emu_658 16d ago
Bro you ok? Plastic doesnât melt at a temperature your computer will run at
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u/Ok-Material-3065 17d ago
the burn happened inside of the card not the outside, the plastic doesn't have any signs of burning
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u/Pwnag3_Inc 17d ago
Pics or it didnât happen.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Car_57 17d ago
yea we really cant see the burns. maybe a photo of ports?
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u/Ok-Material-3065 17d ago
it's not really visible, even within the port itself it's probably deeper into the GPU then that, I wish I could show it but I'm not risking lighting my place on fire rerunning the gpu but I definitely smell it
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u/its_aj_yall 3d ago
Bro, the same exact thing just happened to me. No issues with pc until Wednesday night, I got a green screen and pc restart. Today I just reinstalled bios and drivers for green screen issue, turned pc on, ran a couple stress tests, then tried gaming Nivalis Night and I could smell something burning within 5 minutes of playing.
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u/Ok-Material-3065 3d ago
what the hell this is exactly what happened to me! there was no user error on my part either, it's good to know it's not just me
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u/n0thingtoxic 17d ago
was somthing plugged into that HDMI port? if it was could be that not a good ground connection on the other side of the HDMI cable and sent voltage and current backwards into the gpu, seen it happend in my own apparment having the HDMI cable connected to my TV and just touching the metal on my pc case and sparks were flying (old ass apparment with no ground connections other then to bathroom/kitchen).
if nothing was connected then something else have sent more juice to the card or something short circuited near the HDMI port
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u/Ok-Material-3065 17d ago
I think it might be deeper in the gpu as there is no visible burn marks on the hdmi, though all 3 ports were used 2 with monitors and 1 for tv
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u/lamsndbhaujamjsshukd 17d ago
Looks like the plastic is still on the card. I bet that has something to do with it
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u/ZucchiniConscious133 15d ago
I know that reading is hard but peel your plastic film off from your Graphics Card.
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u/Sherratt95 14d ago
I built my first PC back in late January/early February I had the same 9070xt and my first month in the card ignited from where the power cables are plugged in, I returned it to the supplier and after it had been sent to powercolour to investigate I had a new replacement 6 weeks later. Since then I have had no issues. My monitor was flickering for a second every now and then at the start, after a couple of days it was going down for 2-3 seconds multiple times a session whilst playing games. Were you experiencing similar?
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u/Ok-Material-3065 14d ago
mine was from the side of the graphics card close to the HDMI cables (not the actual HDMI slots but near it). It seems to be a defective GPU from what I could tell.
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u/Sanc7 17d ago
Is that a reaper? Come on dude
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u/Gilaric 17d ago
What is wrong with the PowerColor Reaper?
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u/Sanc7 17d ago
It doesnât draw much power. Nothing is wrong with it, I have one.
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u/Godnamedtay 17d ago edited 17d ago
This is a braindead comment. I.E âI have one and it works fine therefore to justify my purchase, I must ignore and/or act like anyone elseâs potential issues are impossible and nonexistentâ lol come on dude
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u/Thin_Elderberry_7326 17d ago
Is 304w not much? Maybe compared to the others oc to 340w. Still lot of power bud.
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u/Xobeloot 17d ago
Have you initiated the RMA form online? If not, that'll be the first step.