This user’s RTX 4060 Ti turns into a melted mess from a potential short circuit
Over on Quasar Zone, a Korean forum (and we used Google Translate to read it), one user has had the unfortunate instance of their graphics card burning up and melting away. In one of the worst-case scenarios, a gamer might find themselves with this poor RTX 4060 Ti, which has seemingly burnt away as the backplate has melted from the intense heat it experienced.
user_634494 on the forum talks about how they have had the gaming PC for two years now, as it had suddenly turned off while gaming. Mentioning that there was, in fact, smoke, and it actually burst into flames, as they managed to shut it down quickly.
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It is at least a move away from the melting cables that have plagued Nvidia’s new standard, since this 4060 Ti does just use the old 8-pin. But it adds plenty of worry to any build now.
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What could be the cause?
The user comments on the fact that they sent the PC to a repair shop three months ago and replaced the motherboard with a refurbished one. Thinking that might be the problem, but it’s the comments that might delve into the details of the real cause.
Primarily, the fact that it’s the cooler screw on the side of the power supply that is the most burnt and rusted, so they have concluded that it could be the fault of a bad PSU. Or it could be bad manufacturing on the GPU that weakened the PCB and allowed it to short-circuit by bridging some cables.
It could be a range of reasons, but the current best guess is it’s the PSU. They used a Zalman MegaMax 800W, which isn’t a well-known brand, well, at least to me. Crucially, the brand is placed in Tier E of the Cultists tier list of PSUs. It doesn’t bode well that its PSU doesn’t, in fact, appear on 80 Plus’ website of certified PSUs, even if the listing claims it has been tested to the standard.
