So I was changing the case fans, after I put everything back together, I forgot to plug in the power for the GPU. I turned the pc on and I saw the white LED on GPU power port lid up and heard the fan spins like crazy (I don’t know if it was the CPU fan or the GPU fans), I panicked and immediately turned off the power supply.

Everything happened in less than 2 seconds, I’ve run some stress tests and gamed for a few hours and nothing bad happened (yet?) so I assumed everything is still fine (for now?).

What happens if I had left it on like that for longer? And why did the fan ram up like that?

  • Scubus@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    14·
    11 months ago

    It’s not the CPU that contains the integrated graphics, it’s the mobo. Do you know what mobo you use?

    • Xero@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      Gigabyte B660M DS3H DDR4. I’ve already tried plugging it in, which I don’t even need to, and lo and behold, no output to the monitor. Like I already said, how do you even get video out from a CPU that has no iGPU?

    • gazter@aussie.zoneEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      Do you have a source for that? I’ve only ever known integrated graphics to be part of the CPU.

      • Scubus@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        11 months ago

        Did I just step into the Twilight zone?

        I just confirmed that you are correct, but I am positive that both of the mobos I bought in the last decade had graphics cards built into them. I have legitimately no idea how I’m only just learning that that’s not normal.

        Thanks for letting me know