GFX card dead?

Cunny-Funt

It all started yesterday. any game i tried to play would crash after a minute of play and the screen would show artifacts. I few times after restarting,instead of seeing the usual black and white text you see when you turn on your pc, I would get overlapping unreadable jibberish.

so i'd turn the pc off and wait 10 seconds then turn it on & it was ok. still couldnt play games though. even after changing drivers again.

It wasnt over heating or anything. Last night before I went to bed I tried to play "garrys mod" but the same **** happend. so i turned it off.

Now, today. I always get the ****ed up, unreadable text when turning on my pc. then it goes to the loading windows xp screen & it displays that ok. but right after that I get a flash of the blue screen of death and the pc turns off.


ive opend my pc up & checked all the wires + cleaned it. but every time i turn the pc on I get the same ****.

I managed to go into safe mode by guessing where to click (as all that text is unreadable) but there was nothing I could really do in safe mode cept try and reinstall the drivers yet again. and apon a restart I get the same **** so no luck:(

So I guess my 470 euro card is dead now for no reason.:mad:


I bought it from Komplett.ie on june 1st 2005. Its a geforce 6800gt pcie.

Ive never overclocked it and I have never had any problems with it till now. Its ran like a dream till yesterday.


I cant find and recipt/warrenty thingy atm. Ive checked my e-mail and have the orderconfirmation etc. Plus I bought it by givin my mam cash and she used her credit card to buy it off the net and she has a record of the transaction on her credit card statement.

So I dunno if I'm gonna get any money back on this if its been over a year. I think im ****ed.

what u guys think?

Spear

Cunny-Funt wrote:

It all started yesterday. any game i tried to play would crash after a minute of play and the screen would show artifacts. I few times after restarting,instead of seeing the usual black and white text you see when you turn on your pc, I would get overlapping unreadable jibberish.

what u guys think?

My MSI 6800 started that with me as well. No heat/power issues, but random green noise over the screen and on startup. But they swapped it for a 7600GT when it was RMA'd so I don't mind.

juliuspret

Cunny-Funt wrote:

It all started yesterday. any game i tried to play would crash after a minute of play and the screen would show artifacts. I few times after restarting,instead of seeing the usual black and white text you see when you turn on your pc, I would get overlapping unreadable jibberish.

so i'd turn the pc off and wait 10 seconds then turn it on & it was ok. still couldnt play games though. even after changing drivers again.

It wasnt over heating or anything. Last night before I went to bed I tried to play "garrys mod" but the same **** happend. so i turned it off.

Now, today. I always get the ****ed up, unreadable text when turning on my pc. then it goes to the loading windows xp screen & it displays that ok. but right after that I get a flash of the blue screen of death and the pc turns off.


ive opend my pc up & checked all the wires + cleaned it. but every time i turn the pc on I get the same ****.

I managed to go into safe mode by guessing where to click (as all that text is unreadable) but there was nothing I could really do in safe mode cept try and reinstall the drivers yet again. and apon a restart I get the same **** so no luck:(

So I guess my 470 euro card is dead now for no reason.:mad:


I bought it from Komplett.ie on june 1st 2005. Its a geforce 6800gt pcie.

Ive never overclocked it and I have never had any problems with it till now. Its ran like a dream till yesterday.


I cant find and recipt/warrenty thingy atm. Ive checked my e-mail and have the orderconfirmation etc. Plus I bought it by givin my mam cash and she used her credit card to buy it off the net and she has a record of the transaction on her credit card statement.

So I dunno if I'm gonna get any money back on this if its been over a year. I think im ****ed.

what u guys think?

The depriciation on Graphics Cards is horrendous!

Dont some Graphics cards have a lifetime warranty or 2/3 years?

Kompletts warranty has probable expired but check with the manufacturer to see what they say.

shanethemofo

E-mail komplett first and if they cannot help you then im sure theyll guide you in the direcetion of the people who can

Cunny-Funt

thanks, Ive posted on the komplett section of these forums but so far I'm being blanked.

However ive done the same on the XFX (they made my card) forums and am getting responce. hopefully something will be sorted out

PogMoThoin

Cunny-Funt wrote:

thanks, Ive posted on the komplett section of these forums but so far I'm being blanked.

However ive done the same on the XFX (they made my card) forums and am getting responce. hopefully something will be sorted out

XFX usually have a great warranty. My Xfx 7900gt has lifetime warranty........i'm doin my best to blow it with high overclocks

juliuspret

PogMoThoin wrote:

XFX usually have a great warranty. My Xfx 7900gt has lifetime warranty........i'm doin my best to blow it with high overclocks

If you physically alter the card I think you void the warrantly so no soldering resistors......but a pencil should be fine...hahaha!!!

superfly

i think when they say lifetime warranty they mean 3 years which is the standard life of a gfx card