Hey all,
I am hoping that one of your brilliant minds may be able to help me. I have an XFX R9 295x2 that has been working flawlessly for the longest time. when i went to boot my system up the other day i got 2 beeps indicating no GPU was present. I thought this was weird, as I hadn't touched the system. I removed the card, and reinstalled it, and nadda.... (however the card still lights up, fans spin etc. I had paid a small fortune for it and was hoping it was the rest of the system. i swapped the card into my test bench, and the exact same issue came up. to verify i had a spare (ancient) gpu that i tried in both systems that worked without a charm. (one system is an i3 2100 on an intel board, the other is a 3570k on a gigabyte board. both running high wattage corsair PSUs capable of supporting the card)
I was thinking that I might have a shot at warranty, as I purchased it fairly recently from a local computer shop that was going out of business. Turns out the people who owned the shop purchased the card online, and then resold it to me down the line... hence my warranty is done, and the good folks at XFX cant make a case for me, and while that's disheartening, i understand their POV.... I am still awaiting to hear if they can attempt a repair of the card for me on my own dime. but based on it being a reference design it sounds like this isint going to happen. I feel like garbage but I cant be mad at them, as I understand their position...
Im a bit brokenhearted, while the card may be outdated by today's standards I found it an absolute joy to use and was the envy of my friends, and if the game supported it it crushed it!!, it reminded me of an old school muscle car! if there is any suggestion you can offer me i'll gladly try..
Thanks!
Reg
I am hoping that one of your brilliant minds may be able to help me. I have an XFX R9 295x2 that has been working flawlessly for the longest time. when i went to boot my system up the other day i got 2 beeps indicating no GPU was present. I thought this was weird, as I hadn't touched the system. I removed the card, and reinstalled it, and nadda.... (however the card still lights up, fans spin etc. I had paid a small fortune for it and was hoping it was the rest of the system. i swapped the card into my test bench, and the exact same issue came up. to verify i had a spare (ancient) gpu that i tried in both systems that worked without a charm. (one system is an i3 2100 on an intel board, the other is a 3570k on a gigabyte board. both running high wattage corsair PSUs capable of supporting the card)
I was thinking that I might have a shot at warranty, as I purchased it fairly recently from a local computer shop that was going out of business. Turns out the people who owned the shop purchased the card online, and then resold it to me down the line... hence my warranty is done, and the good folks at XFX cant make a case for me, and while that's disheartening, i understand their POV.... I am still awaiting to hear if they can attempt a repair of the card for me on my own dime. but based on it being a reference design it sounds like this isint going to happen. I feel like garbage but I cant be mad at them, as I understand their position...
Im a bit brokenhearted, while the card may be outdated by today's standards I found it an absolute joy to use and was the envy of my friends, and if the game supported it it crushed it!!, it reminded me of an old school muscle car! if there is any suggestion you can offer me i'll gladly try..
Thanks!
Reg