My squadron video card just bit the big one. I had a power surge which fried the power supply. I replaced it and it seemed to run fine but I really didn't put it through a stress test at first. I finally tried it with DCS and after a while of playing (15mins) I got a BSOD. Rebooted played FSX, fine. Went back to DCS and BSOD. Left it off all night and it booted this morning. I walked away and when I came back...nothing. I tried the card on my computer and it wouldn't boot then it did...BSOD.

Any chance on someone donating a video card for my squadron computer? Not to be picky but I was using 3 monitors so a card that could support them would be great.

Is it possible that when the power supply fried, it may have done some damage to the MB which in turn damaged the video cards? The MB is an ASUS Maximus Formula. The video card was an ASUS GTX295. I had another GTX295 with 3 monitor supports and it wouldn't work either. My computer meat my personal computer, different from the Squadron computer.

I am the commander of:
Osprey Composite Squadron
Civil Air Patrol
Dundalk MD

Karl

I would try the video cards in another MotherBoard it may be the slot is fried..

I got it worked out. No longer need a donation.

When a PSU goes, you never know what can happen. If it's an external surge, it's not too different.

I saw a PSU start making caps on a sound card explode. Every 5 seconds POW another shattered. Did a line test and there was 96v on the 5v line. A couple of other parts were fried as well, I forget which as it was in the 90s, but the moral of the story is "bad power can destroy anything."



The Jedi Master