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Medeiros




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PostPosted: Mon, 4th May 2009 02:41    Post subject: Dead HD 4850?
I suspect my VGU is now dead.
Heres the details:

A few months ago I was getting no signal on my monitor.
I don't recall what I was doing at the time I had the issue.
I swapped to the alternate dvi output and things worked fine.
Just yesterday I was listening to some music and the screen just froze up and I had to do a hard shutdown.
I have been unable to get any signal from that point on.
I tried both dvi outputs.
The fan on the VGU is spinning up, it's a zalman aftermarket cooler.
I reseated the card as well.

I tried the monitor on a 2nd PC and it's working fine.
I tried the 2nd PCI-E slot on my mobo and still no go.

I think that only leaves me with a VGU issue.
I've only had the card in the system for about 8 months.

Time for me to try and RMA this video card?

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wrathamon




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PostPosted: Mon, 4th May 2009 03:24    Post subject:
Try the 4850 on your other PC.
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PostPosted: Mon, 4th May 2009 03:25    Post subject:
As I posted on another thread recently :

VGAdeadcafe wrote:
You need to test another card on this PC, or this card on another PC Laughing
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Medeiros




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PostPosted: Mon, 4th May 2009 03:55    Post subject:
VGAdeadcafe wrote:
As I posted on another thread recently :

VGAdeadcafe wrote:
You need to test another card on this PC, or this card on another PC Laughing


I don't have either of those options available to me.
My old system has no PCI slot and the card in it is an AGP.

What could it be other than the VGU?
I don't believe both PCI slots on the mobo would be dead in unision.
Everything else is working fine, i've currently got the hard drive yanked out and in my old PC until I get this resolved.

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PostPosted: Mon, 4th May 2009 04:49    Post subject:
I always want to make sure it's not some fluke, you know ? Before I throw the card to the bin Laughing
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Medeiros




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PostPosted: Mon, 4th May 2009 12:31    Post subject:
VGAdeadcafe wrote:
I always want to make sure it's not some fluke, you know ? Before I throw the card to the bin Laughing


I'm still covered by warranty so I should be able to send it off to Gigabyte in this case to have it looked at.
Wanted to exhaust whatever I could before sending it off.

I kinda get the feeling my aftermarket cooler may have played a hand in this issue coming about.
My temps dropped about 20c after installing it but maybe the temperature on a part of the VGU I wasn't watching was really high.

Am I correct to assume my warranty has been voided by replacing the stock cooler?

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wrathamon




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PostPosted: Wed, 6th May 2009 14:04    Post subject:
VGAdeadcafe wrote:
As I posted on another thread recently :

VGAdeadcafe wrote:
You need to test another card on this PC, or this card on another PC Laughing


BTW, it was indeed my vid card that fried. Should've cleaned the damn air vents but now I have a 260 GTX Very Happy
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Medeiros




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PostPosted: Fri, 8th May 2009 00:07    Post subject:
I've put my card in the mail for an RMA.
This system i'm on is balls.

This will make for a long couple of weeks Sad

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Medeiros




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PostPosted: Sat, 30th May 2009 06:13    Post subject:
Update: Got card back from Gigabyte yesterday.
They wouldn't give me the details on what went wrong with it but they did say they threw it out and just gave me a whole new replacement.
So far, so good.

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