Why did my graphics card explode?

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Published on 2012-06-19T13:27:24Z Indexed on 2012/06/20 15:18 UTC
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How did my graphics card "explode" like it did in the picture I have here? And if I was just plugging into my on-board graphics, why wouldn't the PC boot up like it normally would? It wouldn't come up until I opened the cover and removed the card, that's when I found it like this.

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EDIT: If the card was trying to still operate like this for a while, did it run the risk of damaging the PCI-E slot?

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