Register a SA Forums Account here!
JOINING THE SA FORUMS WILL REMOVE THIS BIG AD, THE ANNOYING UNDERLINED ADS, AND STUPID INTERSTITIAL ADS!!!

You can: log in, read the tech support FAQ, or request your lost password. This dumb message (and those ads) will appear on every screen until you register! Get rid of this crap by registering your own SA Forums Account and joining roughly 150,000 Goons, for the one-time price of $9.95! We charge money because it costs us money per month for bills, and since we don't believe in showing ads to our users, we try to make the money back through forum registrations.
 
  • Locked thread
Alereon
Feb 6, 2004

Dehumanize yourself and face to Trumpshed
College Slice
There is no reason to believe your motherboard is in any way related to the graphics card failure, and that's a good quality board. If anything your power supply could be the problem though. What's the brand and model of your power supply?

Adbot
ADBOT LOVES YOU

Alereon
Feb 6, 2004

Dehumanize yourself and face to Trumpshed
College Slice
It's high voltages that damage components, not low voltages. 12.6v would be a dangerously high voltage so you might want to check that. Not that low voltages are okay too, but they usually just cause incorrect operation, not damage. The maximum allowable rang is +/- 5%, but ideally deviation should be much less than that. It really sounds like your videocard just died, it was pretty old. Your power supply is pretty cheap but at least workable as long as you're not overclocking.

Alereon
Feb 6, 2004

Dehumanize yourself and face to Trumpshed
College Slice
Yes. You should probably consult an electrician to avoid dying in a fire.

  • Locked thread