I give up on EVGA.

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5 times now I've sent back one of their graphics cards, all in 2 months. I just got my third replacement for my second card and now Windows doesn't even see it's there, nothing in device manager, no SLI option, absolutely NOTHING.

I've wasted $50 on shipping, 2 months of my time and repeated phone calls to support. I give up EVGA, I wanted to love you but this is unacceptable. This will be the last time I send a card back, if I don't get a working fucking card, then I might just shoot my self.

No more EVGA, no more.
 
skadebo said:
Maybe your power supply is fucking the cards.
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I've got a Thermaltake Toughpower 750w. I've been over this a dozen times with support, and I've run many tests on my other hardware, nothing is wrong with my other hardware.
 
djBon2112 said:
Agreed. So many failures in such a small time definitely means something ELSE is wrong in your system. Try a new PSU and motherboard.
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Yah, been down that road. I have already. Maybe I've just had horrible luck and they've got a bad batch, I don't know but I'm just so exhausted from this.
 
Thats too many failures to just be unlucky unless it is a bad batch as you pointed out.
From the description of the third card, it could easily be a PSU problem.
 
I'll take your word for it, I guess it's bad luck. On the upside, the probabilities of getting another bad card is close to zero now!
 
Nenu said:
Thats too many failures to just be unlucky unless it is a bad batch as you pointed out.
From the description of the third card, it could easily be a PSU problem.
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Nope, I just took the card out and gave the PCB a once over. You know those tiny ass chips that are just above the interface slot? Well, one of them chipped off, and it wasn't caused by me. The world is cruel.
 
You could try a B&M for quicker turnaround on a test-card.

Either way, I don't think its worth shooting yourself over. Try stubbing your own toe as an alternative.
 
Something else in your system is screwy no way 5 different cards are faulty. That or they probably played a joke on you just for office laughs.
 
We've been talking over MSN through this entire ordeal, and I can pretty much agree with Brandon. This doesn't seem like a PSU issue to me.

I originally thought it was a mobo issue, since he was having problems with an audio card earlier, but those problems went away on another generation of cards.
 
Arcygenical said:
No they weren't. It's strange though, the issues he was having through each generation still scream mobo to me :/.
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indeed, he should´ve tested the vid cards in another pc
 
I feel your pain.
Bad luck is what i thought with my sisters PC.

XFX 8600GT. No 3D app's would run. So half dead on arrival.
Replaced with a another XFX 8600GT with Zalman cooler.
Then the Intel P35 mobo dieds.
Get the new one put the XFX card in and pop goes the XFX card. Smoke and all. Chip on the back burned.
Get a 7200GS as a cheap card just to see if something is wrong with the mobo. It works fine.
Replaced XFX 8600GT with a Chaintech.
Now the mobo has a stuffed up post screen. The same screen the 1st mobo had before it died.

So I can see why you're upset.
Technology is such a pain some times.
 
oh my god! this must be the day/week/month/year for this.
my pc broke last weekend.
had to rebuild.
then my raid card crapped out on monday. but it rebuilt so everything is fine.

the guy sitting next to me was just talking about how his PC broke last night.
and the guy next to him had his plumbing break...

i tell you, its the gremlins.

OP, who you gonna call?
ghostbusters!
 
PHOBOS-82 said:
Bad luck is what i thought with my sisters PC.

XFX 8600GT. No 3D app's would run. So half dead on arrival.
Replaced with a another XFX 8600GT with Zalman cooler.
Then the Intel P35 mobo dieds.
Get the new one put the XFX card in and pop goes the XFX card. Smoke and all. Chip on the back burned.
Get a 7200GS as a cheap card just to see if something is wrong with the mobo. It works fine.
Replaced XFX 8600GT with a Chaintech.
Now the mobo has a stuffed up post screen. The same screen the 1st mobo had before it died.
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All those SPECIFIC symptoms (especially with the vid card catching fire) is suspect of a faulty power supply.
Literally I had a gainward vid (5 years ago) card catch FIRE in my pc and burn out my mobo and vid card. Come to find out it, I sent my power supply off to be tested, and it had a short in it which caused my issues.
 
After 5 cards, there's absolutely no reason to not believe the problem is with you installation or your system some how.

Of the dozen or more graphics cards that I've had, the only time I've ever had a dead card is the time that I bought an open-box one, which I ended up getting replaced anyways.
 
This reminds me of the old joke about how every group of people has one asshole. And if you cant point that asshole out in the group, its probably you. I find it hard to believe that you got 5 defective cards in a row. Not only defective, but 5 DOA cards in a row. Something is rotten in denmark and its not evga. I'd say that them RMA'ing 5 cards for you is going above and beyond the call of duty. Most companies would have told you to bugger off after the 3rd card that you burned up.
 
If you have a multimeter and a three inch piece of wire thats stripped on both ends, you can check your PSU. Just slip one end of the wire in the power and the other in the ground to give the psu a load and then start measuring the output of the rails. If you find something different from what the specs of the PSU say, then you know what your problem is. Look at it this way, if its NOT your PSU, then you can come back and tell us all to shut up. Im inclined to agree with the rest of the posters who think the problem is emanating from your power supply. Surely the exact same flush mount cap or resistor or what ever the component that was missing from your last card was not missing from the previous ones. Quality Control would have caught something like that if every card in a batch had that problem.
 
^^

Check your PSU. I wouldn't buy the whole "5 DOA cards" line. The only thing I've RMA'd more than once or twice is RAM (mobo blew it) and my 680i - stupid board.
 
lol @ the whole bad month thing...

funny thing is my ip35 pro was running rock stable for the past year or so. Then all of a sudden, it decides to kill the SATA ports. Causing me to buy another p35 mobo.. oh well, the dfi replacement was very nice. Still sucks im out 130~
 
I'm in agreement, after five cards and all of them being DOA (which is unlikely especially for EVGA) I would start looking at other components in the system being a culprit, you say you have changed the PSU, try a different make, maybe a corsair 750, the mobo could still be a possibility even though you have changed it, try the basics, unplug everything that doesn't need to be plugged in such as the CD drives and USB devices etc, and then try the system with the basics and attach or re-connect one device at a time. Are your cards able to move up and down in the slot (had one die that way)?

I wouldn't go blaming EVGA for being incredibly helpful by replacing your cards five times, not many companies would be so outgoing.

And my system decided to blow the PSu after almost two years of reliable service, now switched to a Tt 500 Watt PSU as I was running a Tt True Blue which only got changed due to moving countries (it wasn't Voltage switchable).
 
You should try putting lucky or 7s or 8s in your screen names and such. It *MIGHT* change your lucky.
 
Seriously, I know how to install a graphics card. I'm going to be replacing my core parts soon. A nice DFI P35 board and some different RAM. I just want to start over. Yes, I was to o quick to put the blame on one person, and I'm sorry for that. But this whole ordeal has been incredibly frustrating. Don't get me wrong, I still love EVGA, they've been very helpful but I'm at my wits end.
 
its probably becaues you ran over a spoon. Everyone knows thats bad luck for your computer.
 
For what it's worth, I've seen a number of people RMAing their 8800GT SSC editions. The SSC are the highest clocked ones, and they seem to have the most problems. Your having that same version of the 9600GT, and having similar problems, may indicate a quality control problem.
 
Aelfgeft said:
For what it's worth, I've seen a number of people RMAing their 8800GT SSC editions. The SSC are the highest clocked ones, and they seem to have the most problems. Your having that same version of the 9600GT, and having similar problems, may indicate a quality control problem.
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Yea and people are not seeing that eVGA is approving 5 RMAs. After 2 RMAs, if they were smart, they would try to figure it out a little better.

Remember when people were on their 4th or 5th RMA for the 7900gt? I do, and people were quick to say it was user error.

That said, good luck on number 5 or 6 or what ever your on.
 
I seen that the SSC version has all had there fair share of problems. So many people are returning them.
 
Its probally a long shot but have you checked the power coming in from the wall? Try putting your computer a UPS and see if that helps any.
 
Rev Lemmon said:
Its probally a long shot but have you checked the power coming in from the wall? Try putting your computer a UPS and see if that helps any.
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I highly doubt it's a power issue. I'm running a window AC unit on outlet just below the one that has my power strip for my computer stuff on it and the AC unit runs perfectly (and there's no change even when the AC unit is off).
 
5 times you've sent that same card and you're out 50 bux for shipping and not to mention your time going back and fort where you ship it. i'll be bitching and whining like you if that was me :D
BrandonB said:
I highly doubt it's a power issue. I'm running a window AC unit on outlet just below the one that has my power strip for my computer stuff on it and the AC unit runs perfectly (and there's no change even when the AC unit is off).
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i'm not an expert when it goes to power but on what i understand if you have that AC plugged in on the same outlet where all your computer stuff you're somewhat affecting that power going to your computer. but hope your luck will change on your next card.
 
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