Strange RMA issue, Chapter 2

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I finally received my second replacement 7950GT. The first turned out to be a 7900GS that had been mislabeled. The second arrived with a bent mounting plate and is DOA. Well, that is not entirely true. The card appears to work, but only when I put it in the second PCI-E slot on my DFI P965-S Dark (4x electrical). I get a "no video card" error beep when I put it in the 16x slot on the DFI, my mATX Foxconn board and my IBM Thinkcentre M55 (Q965).

Any ideas before I call up EVGA?
 
Sounds like there may be a problem with the slot somewhere in the x8 or x16-lane section, since it is negotiating an x4 connection properly. I'd just ask them to please test out the next card themselves, BEFORE packing it up and shipping it your way.
 
holy shit man again? good luck to you, 3 different mobos, call em up
 
mavalpha said:
Sounds like there may be a problem with the slot somewhere in the x8 or x16-lane section, since it is negotiating an x4 connection properly. I'd just ask them to please test out the next card themselves, BEFORE packing it up and shipping it your way.
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Yeah, I even went over the traces stemming from the other sections, thinking maybe there was scratch or something. I will be insisting on them sending me a known-good card this time around.
 
Turns out there are two resistors that are missing from the PCI-E connector, right where lane 16 would be. EVGA is sending me another card... That also explains why it would work in a PCI-E 4x slot.

Thanks for your input guys.
 
That's actually pretty simple, I would've expected something more complex. I'm a little concerned that it slipped through QC with physical damage... :(
 
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