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What type of PSU are you running? Didn't see it on your sig.

Update: Video card temps cap off at 85°C with fan at 100% during a L4D run. From what I've been seeing online this looks like the norm. Correct?

Yeah, I got back a GTX 8800 OC2.

So far my replacment card is working fine. No crashes. Running GPU-z shows an idle temp of 55 and 46 degrees Celsius. Not sure why there are two temps listed. Are these normal temps? fan is at 60%.

That's odd, when I called in for my card, they asked me when I purchased it and I told them it was like two years ago. Then the rep asked where I made the purchase and I told him I had no idea. He kind of shrugged it off and asked if I had ever registered it. I said no, and he didn't really...

I was able to keep the same install even with an entirely different board. Windows just made me re-activate my license. If you've done this too many times you might have to call in to get a verification code.

How long into your use did the artifacts appear? My RMA had a similar error. Except I got an image that resembled well... this http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/4514/screenjy.jpg This was after the initial freeze up that occurred soon after the first boot.

I wonder if I should try installing these drivers along with my RMA replacement?

Update: My card arrived today. Might have to leave work early so I can test it out. lol

Luckily I was able to return the PSU i used for troubleshooting. Why buy it if I don't need it? I don't think it was the same card they sent me back as I wrote down my serial number and even took pictures of it in case they sent it back damaged or to see if I would get back the same card. Oh, an...

First time for both the cracks on the back and a track-pad button issue. ( they just replaced the whole keyboard) Second time because they misaligned the bottom portion of the case and the rubber feet would wobble when I typed. Very annoying. The "genius" said it was the first time he had seen...

I was running on the 191.07 drivers since they came out and most games ran fine, including DA. I did notice some artifacts on floor boards after I updated to the 195.xx drivers though. This didn't last too long though as my card died the next day. :D

Would removing the heat sink void your warranty? I wanted to do this to my 8800 but there is a portion of the sticker that covers some of the screws. Unless I am just thinking about the plastic cover on the fan and not the entire heat sink.

Today my missing card was received by BFG despite my forgetting to put the RMA form inside the package. Hopefully all goes well and my next card will not have faults.

Ok, so after a few days of panic, my package made it to the RMA center and has been received. Yay! Hopefully my next card will last longer than 5 min of use. I hope the next card has better luck. I was thinking of using it as a PhysX card.

Just a thought. Have you tried taking the card out and air dusting the crap out of it? I once found a huge dust ball rolling around in there that I had to use a Q-tip to get it out.

I don't think they even powered up with my card. As soon as my system was up, I tried running gpu-z to monitor temps and my system froze while the app was launching, no 3d involved.

That's odd. They never mentioned any cost to me when they "approved" my RMA. And yes, I live within the U.S.

PM to Jeff sent. Thanks again.

The link they provided had a log-in and password that no longer works. I'm guessing it expired and is no longer available. I called in and spoke to a Fed-ex rep for about half an hour and he looked at all packages going out with my address (apartment) and incoming packaged to the BFG rma...

I have another thread where I have updated my RMA status. So basically, I had a card go bad, got an RMA replacement, which also went bad after 2 minuets of use. Was told on 12-22-90 by a BFG RMA rep that I would get an advance RMA sent to me :). Then told, about a week ago, there was no advance...

Update, After a call to the BFG RMA department a few days ago I found out that my advance RMA was not sent out and they have no record of an advance ever being requested, approved or sent to me. Which really sucks because they told me not to send in my old card until I got the replacement. So...

I called BFG last night about my replacement 8800 GTX OC2 card failing soon after installation and they told me that the first thing that might be causing the issue was the PSU since I was getting almost the exact same error. Artifacts on POST and fail to boot windows, or at least display it...

So I picked up a brand new Antec 750w PSU last night and popped it in my tower and just to make sure it was working properly, powered it up with my 7600 GT. No issues, so I replaced the 8800 GTX and no change, still artifacting and Windows does not boot past the loading screen. Called back in...

My RMA took about a week as well. But I did overnight my card to them. FedEx was a few days late and ended up delivering on a Sunday.

Called in today and they recommended I try a different power supply just to be sure. I agreed because I wanted to upgrade to a more efficient 1000w PS anyway. That way the unit might not be so close to running at max load. Might even get a BFG because of their Lifetime warranty. Either way I'll...

Update: Received my replacement card on Sunday, popped it in and it crashed within 5 min of use. I read about the 191.70 driver issue and my system had been running fine with it. When I used the 195.81 drivers my card crashed the next day. I tried reverting back to the 186.18 to be safe as these...

My RMA shipped FedEX btw. I didn't really care what they shipped with as long as I could track it.

Count me in!

I'm running Win XP 32-bit and my card died one day after updating to the 195.81 drivers. My RMA return is on its way back now. Was running a GTX 8800 OC2.

Sounds like what happened to my GTX 8800 OC2. RMA'd it and a replacement is on its way. If you don't want a dual card slot you should RMA it anyway, if you find that it is bad. Then sell the replacement to offset the cost of a new single slot card. Have you tried a driver cleaner yet? I'll post...

Update: Checked my status this morning and my replacement card is on its way. Called in to find out that they will be sending back another 8800 GTX OC2. Not an upgrade but at least not a downgrade ;). Should get this card on the 18th.

That's great to hear. Here's to an updated card!

Update: Checked the status and the card has been received by the warehouse. :D Took one business day to update status from Friday's delivery date.

That sounds very odd. When I called in for my 8800 GTX OC2 they didn't even ask me for a serial number. just my phone number and they asked if i had ever registered the card, which I hadn't. Then the guy proceeded to email out my RMA number with shipping instructions after I explained what was...

Thanks for the input. Hopefully they are generous to me as well ;) Update: UPS tracking has the package status as received today.

Hi all, This is my first post here as a new member. I am RMA'ing my BFG 8800 GTX OC2 today after having it for a little over 2 years. I actually had to look up when I got it.(can't believe its been that long) A real great card, still able to keep up with the newest games. until it died two days...