Did I Damage X850 Pro?

[Fidelis K]

I installed a Zalman fan on my X850 Pro and hooked the fan cable in a silent
mode (5V). For some reason, the fan was not working and I didn't know that.
About a few minutes later, I realized that and hooked the fan cable in a
normal mode (12V) and the fan was working. So, my PC was running for a few
minutes with no GPU cooling. Is there a chance that I might have damaged the
X850 Pro? So far, I haven't noticed any graphical artifacts, though.

 

[Barry Watzman]

Chance? Yes. But unlikely, expecially if you really did realize it
within 5 minutes or so of turning on the computer. It takes a few
minutes for the heatsink to heat up, and actually a lot of systems can
run with just a heatsink and no fan for quite a while, or even
indefinitely. With a video card, it also depends a lot on what you were
doing ... the Windows desktop, office or web browsers don't put much
strain on video cards.

 

[First of One]

No artifacts, no damage.

Now, if you want to have some fun, splice the ground lead on the Zalman fan
to the -5V rail on the PSU, to run the fan faster at 17V. Should still be
pretty quiet.

 

[Derek Baker]

* Fidelis K:

I installed a Zalman fan on my X850 Pro and hooked the fan cable in a silent
mode (5V). For some reason, the fan was not working and I didn't know that.
About a few minutes later, I realized that and hooked the fan cable in a
normal mode (12V) and the fan was working. So, my PC was running for a few
minutes with no GPU cooling. Is there a chance that I might have damaged the
X850 Pro? So far, I haven't noticed any graphical artifacts, though.

Probably no damage. I ran the Zalman on my X800 for many hours including
gaming with an SATA cable trapped in the heatsink, stopping the fan.
Been fine every since.