Card Died - but why?

[tomana]

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[me0w0w]

Damn does suck, time for rma?

See any burn marks on the vid card?

 

[tomana]

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[TuxedoBond]

nope, all looks ok. LED's even light up and go off like they should
bought it used on craigslist, idled hot on auto-fan about 82C but some reviews said it was
normal. Card might have been overheated a time or two before I bought it. Just wanna make
sure I don't take out the GTX 275 on Monday
This is the second used card I have had die on me and both happened to be ATI. Also had a
new X1650 belly up on power up. Haven't had that experience with nVidia yet and hoping not
too. I'm sticking with new cards with warranty from now on.

Your card may have a warranty.

 

[evilsofa]

Your card may have a warranty.

Only in the unlikely event that it was an XFX 4870:

"This is the second used card I have had die on me"

 

[bmango]

you have nothing to loose by trying an RMA, right? I thought Sapphire had a 2 year warranty from date of MFG not by who registered it?

 

[MrsOldMX]

nope, all looks ok. LED's even light up and go off like they should
bought it used on craigslist, idled hot on auto-fan about 82C but some reviews said it was
normal. Card might have been overheated a time or two before I bought it. Just wanna make
sure I don't take out the GTX 275 on Monday
This is the second used card I have had die on me and both happened to be ATI. Also had a
new X1650 belly up on power up. Haven't had that experience with nVidia yet and hoping not
too. I'm sticking with new cards with warranty from now on.

Dont buy used videocards, dont buy sapphire