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Safe to buy used gpu with one video out port broken? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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As per title. It has 2 DP ports and one hdmi. One DP out is broken. I know I won't ever need al 3 ports so it's not an issue for me. Only thing is, I have no idea what the cause of the issue could be and if it could "spread" in the future to all ports and render the gpu unusable. Maybe if someone has had experience with this situation before and could chime in? Or if you know the usual causes of this issue and if they could likely worsen or that's unlikely.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Have had that happen due to lightning and long VGA cable runs.

Curiously I have an AOC monitor which has been working fine for years on DVI, but starts letting out magic smoke when switched to VGA.