Off-Topic Thread

Bought a 290x on adverts and its dead already didnt even get to try it on water as block arrives tomorrow . 2nd day using it, about 3hrs in totaland its dead

cherryghost wrote: »

I wonder if the seller knew it was on its way out

Im not sure as from the get go I was getting a black screen but supposedly this was a driver issue. Latest driver didnt fix it though and got alot worse so is unusable now

Im not sure but it had an after market cooler on it which wont help. It also has a different bios. Can put the original back on but its missing screws

(Double post apologies)

Have to say, Nanoxia are absolutely awesome.

The front panel on my DS1 rattles a bit, and the front two fans click. I emailed them about this, asking if they could send me instructions on how to remove the doors so I could see what the problem was (the doors themselves being separate from the front panel).

The next day I get an email. They said not to bother, and that they'd simply send me out two new fans and front panel, and did I want to maybe change the colour while I was at it? (I did).

Two weeks later (bearing in mind, Christmas) I get the parts from PCCooling.de, and they've forgotten the fans. Email to Nanoxia and within ten minutes I get an email back saying they've dispatched fans.

That beats all previous RMA experience, including EVGA and Corsair.

Loving the case. It's not as nice build-wise as my old ATCS 840, but that was an all aluminium thing, so that's to be expected. Generally very solid, well built. Top chimney is a little bit more plasticy feeling than I thought it might be, but still sturdy enough. Can't really judge quietness because I have it running open with stock air at the moment. Overall, a definite recommendation from me for anyone looking at a Fractal-type case.

Side question: RMA to EVGA, where the hell do I find the invoice for my stuff from HWVS?

deblacker wrote: »

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- Learning how to build a PC

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Serephucus wrote: »

Loving the case. It's not as nice build-wise as my old ATCS 840, but that was an all aluminium thing, so that's to be expected.

Side question: RMA to EVGA, where the hell do I find the invoice for my stuff from HWVS?

My Profile ---> Order History? Does that count as an invoice?

Think I got rid of that... I assumed there had to be an e-version somewhere... I'll email HWVS and see if they can send me one.

Also: Apparently Nanoxia don't want the front panel back. Does anyone want a black front panel for a DS1?

Got it, thanks. Stupid UX design on their part. Who makes a link the same as a title?

deceit wrote: »

He just said it black screened once on him also which was the start of it so then sort of did.
The cooler was an arctic accelero, noticed upon inspection, one of the small heatsinks was not on the ram (dont think would matter as them things couldnt cool anything anyway), the vrm's (vrm1) was getting to 100 and (vrm2) was max 70. Both seem really hot while gpu core was 45 max.
I think vrm 1 being so hot did the damage maybe. Not sure how that will affect rma and he had an asus bios on it. Its a sapphire card.

Reflash it with a stock bios if you can?

If you have a motherboard with integrated graphics it "should" be possible..
I dont think removing the Cooler Voids the warranty , But I'd check with the vendor. if you put it back somewhat decent they shouldn't care? :cool: and if they do , just say it came with missing screws

deceit wrote: »

My sister has an unopened 290x going to be watercooled in next week or two, might borrow the screws off hers and try put it back on as good as possible. cant seem to shift the thermal pad residue from the other cooler off the vrms on the right though would be a dead giveaway.
Any ideas how I would do it on a computer with onboard gpu? I'm sure could borrow a computer with onboard to try it out.
The card boots up but has a blue screen down the middle so dont want to use it and risk making worse if dont have to.

Try some nail varnish remover on the end of a cotton bud? should clear it right off

Haven't flashed a Gpu in years you could use onboard graphics , or if your mobo has another Pci slot you could use a second card , It would be the same procedure used to flash the original bios to an Asus bios but with a Stock one.how-to-flash-the-bios-of-your-ati-cards?

Also just looking it up it might have a default bios switch? Like this one?

deceit wrote: »

the button on this one is just different speed modes or something like that. I never flashed it so not sure what the proceedure is, the guy that sold it to me did

Check that tutorial I linked , Seems straight forward enough.
Pretty sure thats what I used when I flashed

DPD are so damn useless, they were meant to collect a keyboard for RMA to Scan on Tuesday, then Wednesday and now today, they haven't even made any contact with us (DPD, I've been in contact with Scan and they've been fine), what can I do in this situation?