Short circuit and hot GPU

[Saloth]

Today I caused a short circuit using 2 fan connectors. There was a smoke and my molex adapter cable melted. I quickly turned off the power. Even if my cooler wasn't dead yet even though the fan didn't work anyway now my Gainward 9600Gt gets very hot in short time. Should I buy a new graphic card and fan? Seems like some capacitors may have been damaged too. I have a regular display on my screen though Aside from hot temperature i don't see more issues.

 

[ShamrockRig]

Today I caused a short circuit using 2 fan connectors. There was a smoke and my molex adapter cable melted. I quickly turned off the power. Even if my cooler wasn't dead yet even though the fan didn't work anyway now my Gainward 9600Gt gets very hot in short time. Should I buy a new graphic card and fan? Seems like some capacitors may have been damaged too. I have a regular display on my screen though Aside from hot temperature i don't see more issues.

If there was smoke and the molex has melted..especially if trying it again and it runs v hot i'd probably suggest picking up a cheap card. 9600gt is pretty old now, Probably better to just buy a new one(New old one) to get you through. Could get a cpu cooler pretty cheap too depending on which cpu it is and how easy it is to get the cooler from the period depending on age.