Have I messed up my graphics??

[sergio_l_s]

I tried removing the RAM, and nothing, the temperature was perfect until I touched the graphics card, to be honest I'm pretty lost... what I find strange is what I mentioned earlier, that just by touching it the image distorted and when I restarted it didn't work anymore... maybe someone can shed some more light... thanks!!

[Bm4n]

It sounds like it was a static electricity discharge. If it's under warranty don't say anything just that it stopped working probably between.

Good luck.

[sergio_l_s]

Too late, I said I accidentally touched it. But can the download totally fuck up???

[Bm4n]

You won't be the first to whom this happens, it's rare but yes.

[sergio_l_s]

Well, since we're going to do it, I'll try it on another computer one of these days and we'll see what happens. In case anyone can help me, I bought it from pccomponentes less than 3 years ago and what I've told them is that I accidentally touched it. Do you see any happy ending??
Thanks and goodbye!!
p.d.: if it's the static, shouldn't the graphics card fan have been fried too??

[Bm4n]

Let me say it by speculating, it has potential because if you just touched the heatsink... it falls right into place. But it could have been a coincidence and be something else, it all depends on what crashed, after trying with another graphics card just in case it has nothing to do with it, remove the heatsink and look very carefully to see if the welds and components are okay. As a consolation, thank goodness it's not a new graphics card

[sergio_l_s]

The truth is that I have looked at it closely, I don't know what to do anymore. When I say look at the heatsink, I mean only to see if it moves well, not to disassemble it, although I had already done that a few days before. But everything is perfect until I touch it with my finger. Well, thanks to everyone!!

[CNCBCN]

I suppose the heatsink is not the standard one, right?

[sergio_l_s]

Yes, it is the standard one.

[CNCBCN]

so you can't touch the integrated (your graphics card is this, right? NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 let's see if it's going to be a bad contact on the pci

[sergio_l_s]

That is, about the contacts, I have already tried them in the 2 ports that my board has, and none of them work.

[CNCBCN]

it surprises me a lot, I don't remember testing it on another board, so I can't recall much, but I think the casing is isolated from the card itself. I mean, I'm not sure about what Bm4n is telling you... it would be different if you touched the board in question, but that's not the case.

[sergio_l_s]

Of course, what I touched when it was running was the card, not the casing. I don't know if I'm explaining myself well, but I'm referring to the part of the graphics that is towards the top of the case. I can only pray that it's just the graphics and not have to buy a new card, processor, and motherboard!!
on top of that, I need the computer for my studies!! why god!!:cry:

[CNCBCN]

I don't understand you, if you have the graphic card with the stock cooler, it's impossible to touch the integrated circuit, you have a plate of (I think) grooved aluminum right above it. You have a traffic jam more or less like this, right? You can't touch anything that's messed up (sorry for the expression) like this :nono:

[sergio_l_s]

Forgive my ignorance, but I don't know what a grooved aluminum plate is, but whatever it is you can see it here http://www.nvidia.es/object/product_geforce_gtx_285_es.html
where it says more views, the one that shows the back, that's what I touched, and immediately what happened happened. Forgive me if I'm repeating the same thing 20 times, but my knowledge about this is limited.
But anyway, what you're saying is that it's definitely the motherboard??

[XaviJS]

I lean towards a voltage surge in some microcomponent due to static electricity...

Pull the guarantee, I hope they don't take into account what you said about you touched it, because they can use this against you perfectly...

Good luck!

[sergio_l_s]

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Bueno, y en el caso de que me acepten la garantia, que suelen hacer, darme otra igual?? porque creo que mi modelo ya no esta en el mercado.
PD: Muchas gracias por todas las respuestas!!

[Sylver]

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Si no te dan una igual te darán una de similares características del modelo que tengan ahora mismo en existencias.

Saludos

[sergio_l_s]

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Bueno gracias a todos por la ayuda, esta tarde la he probado en el ordenador de un amigo y le pasaba lo mismo que en el mio, entonces 90% seguro que sea la grafica verdad??aver que me dicen los de la tienda, pero mientras tanto se me han presentado unas circunstancias en las que me es rentable comprar una grafica nueva.(si me cambian esta he encontrado un comprador). que os parece esta??http://www.pccomponentes.com/asus_geforce_gtx_560_ti_directcu_ii_1gb_gddr5.html
alguna mejor de ese precio en relacion calidad-precio??

[DefSoul]

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Buenas noches a todos, os sonará a paranolla, pero no recomiendan tocar nunca nada del ordenador con la piel directamente por aquello de la masa y tal, a mi me paso eso que dices con la mother entera, y lo que hice fue esperar unos dias, la saque, la trastee un poco y al volverla a montal ya fue, fijate, que a un examigo hasta se le jodio por pintar la caja por fuera, y espero a k se secara 2 dias, os parecere un loco, pero ahora toco mi pc con guantes de latexxxx!!! jajajaja