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Limp Gawd
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I'm RMAing my 7900GT, which I thought wouldn't be a problem. But, I when I took my 7900GT out (uninstalled it from the device manager first and shut down/unplugged) and put my 6800 back in (nothing was wrong with it...just upgraded, that's all) I'm getting a black screen on both my Dell 2405FPWs. At first I thought it was because I was using two monitors and the 6800 didn't like that, but after taking them both off of DVI and using only one monitor on VGA, it's the same result. I'm definately on the right input (1 on the 2405, 2 is DVI).

What's worse, my motherboard on the back has 1 and 3 lit with amber, as opposed to how it usually is, with 1-4 all green. What does that mean? I thought this would be a painless RMA experience....any advice would be appreciated.
 
so wait, u already sent ur 7900gt in and u put ur 6800 in and this is when the the problems came?
 
No, I just put the 6800 back in for the first time. I could put the 7900GT back in...but...I can't ship it like that >_> I'll try it anyway, for lack of anything else to do...
 
Parts have been known to go bad just sitting on a shelf. It wouldn't be the first (or last) time I've heard of it.
 
I put the 7900GT back in and it works....man, I don't know what I'm going to do about an RMA...I may have to break down and buy a new card. I can't wait two weeks without a computer...the one I'm using doesn't count.
 
Lol... Most 7900 cards work under 2D.

3D... different story.

Beg them to cross ship you... If you've got XFX/eVGA they might just do it.

As for those "amber lights" they usually mean hardware failure. It's probable that your GPU died... or soemthing.
 
Sunova....anyway, that's what happened. Asus was nice enough to give me the new one in advance, in exchange for taking some credit out of my bank account...at least this ends well. I was going to be really pissed >_> Thanks for your help, anyway.

I really wish I knew why that 6800 died on me...
 
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