Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.
Original Post Short version: I went through 4 EVGA 8800 GTX RMAs. Video Cards kept dying. Most thought it was either a PSU or Mobo issue.
Current:
I got a new 750w XFX power supply as well as a working motherboard from a friend. I swaped everything over and proceeded to instally my 5th EVGA...
While that seems like a good idea, I'm not entirely sure that the card is the root of the problem :( I mean, what is the likely hood of getting 4 bad cards that all last a couple of weeks?
The cards seem to last about 2-3 weeks before finally dying. Even on a clean install of win 7 I have been getting driver crashes straight from the get go and it sort of escalates from there until 2-3 weeks later I'm seeing artifacting, blue screening and even artifacting durning boot.
As far as...
I have an Antec P182 and all of the wiring is routed for good air flow. I don't recall the exact temps I was getting but during on of my many RMA's I checked the videocard temp and it was well within normal range.
Yes, I have a spare power supply that I've gone ahead and installed. The problem I have is that everything seems fine for a couple weeks after install with a few driver crashes throughout. Then all of the sudden I get artifacting and crashing throughout. I'm hoping to diagnose the problem before...
Hello everyone!
I have a 8800GTX that keeps dying. I'm on my 4th RMA from EVGA now. Obviously there is something wrong with another piece of my hardware thats causing this problem. I've done a clean install of Win 7 as well as check the ram for hours with memtest and it always comes up fine...