Quote from: thomflash on March 12, 2018, 03:58:50 PM

Hi all,

my rig stopped last night because apparently a riser burnt through. It wasn't one of those cases where people connect to the pci port it the other way around and short circuit: it has been running for weeks without problems. Last reboot was a couple of days ago when I updated Claymore.

I connected a new riser and immediately the riser gave a spark and burnt through as well. Fortunately I still had the powerplug in my hands and could disconnect it immediately.
Picture of what both risers look like:

There is no visible damage to the GPU, to the little thingie going into the PCI slot of the MB or to the slot of the MB.

I disconnected the riser and gpu and fortunately the rig could reboot and is still working with the other 4 GPUs.

Is my GPU fried? I'm afraid to test it directly on the MB, because that might fry my MB as well...
PSU: Be Quiet Power Zone 1000W

Any tips?

Thanks.

wait, did I read it correctly? PCI slot?

surely will damage it.

dont worry to test your GPU, check it thoroughly for some burnt traces, if none, then try it out, with separate PSU, it will not damage your mb, most probably it wont detect it or luckily would work normally.