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Hey guys,

as mentioned I had some issues with the render PC. So today I brought in a new 1300W psu, plugged it in, started the pc and it immediately shut down with a burning smell.

Cause I am an idiot, I turned it on again and one of the cards literally went up in flames :O

Turns out the issue was either in one of the 980ti's, or the PCI-E extender I am using. Anyway, I took the card out and it all works fine, hopefully I won't get any more issues.

I was able to render the Diner for Three scene, just need to put in the sound and I'll be releasing it on Sunday as usual.

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Andrew Rowe

Sorry to hear that.

rikolo

Well I was watching it then, but usually it's running in next room, overnight, sometimes I let it run over weekend when I visit my parents... Right now I really don't want to test if it was faulty card or extender, but if I smell it, it's the card smelling bad, not the extender, so I assume it was the card?

rikolo

Definitely gave me a scare, also I am super lucky I only lost one card (well and the original PSU I guess).

rikolo

Oh I could just stick into the computer and see if it still runs, but I don't want to risk it. It is EVGA, but sending it for diagnosis is probably not worth the effort. The extenders are powered and should be pretty good.