Traded card not working, Help Please.

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I recently like as of yesterday finished a trade with a forum member. I sent him a fully functional BFG 6800GTOC , that is now not working. I cannot figure out what is going on as it was pulled wrapped in a Anti-static bag and throughly wrapped in bubble wrap. Has anyone had issues with their 6800GTOC just dying for no apperant reason. I pulled the card from the following machine specs;
P4 2.8 ghz 1mb cache 800 mhz FSB
Asus P4P800 mainboard
2-GB Corsair PC3200 memory
Maxtor Diamondamax 10 200 gb HD
Ultra x-Connect 500 watt PS

I also had a NV5 cooler that the trading party removed to fit in his machine, could this have also damaged it? Thanks for any help.
 
How did you send it (UPS, USPS, FedEx, DHL?), and how far away does the recipient live? If you wrapped it tightly and well in a static bag, this shouldn't be a problem, but any time you send a package that ends up flying through the air, it creates a huge static bomb inside the box due to the pressure/temperature changes inside the cargo bay. Well, at least that's my wild guess as to how it happens. When I used to work at a computer store in Clearwater, Florida, we used to get a large next-day-air package via UPS from MA Labs over in San Diego, California. It would drive me nuts because the peanuts inside would stick to EVERYTHING.

Btw, if you have ever ordered computer parts online or at a local computer store, chances are it probably came from MA Labs. They're one of the major distributors inside the United States.
 
I shipped it USPS Priority mail with insurance and DC. I have shipped many things including ram and have not had an issues before. I hate the fact that he received a non-working card. I just for the life of me cannot understand how it is not working. I have been building computer for years and have never had an issue with ESD. If it is dead could I get the insurance I paid for it from the PO?
 
I had this happen to me once too. When it was sent through the mail in I think the core got crushed, the guy sent it back to me and I had to refund the guy his money. :(
 
Fortunately we just traded, but that was my main systems card. So if he does ask to trade back I'll have to RMA it.
 
If the other guy removed the NV Silencer, it's likely he killed the card if he didn't know what he was doing. Unless you want to end up with bad heatware though, you're probably going to have to take it back and RMA it.
 
Thats what I was afraid of. I PM'd him earlier to ask if he did remove it and have not gotten a reply. Hopefully he will want to RMA it, but if not I will. Thanks.
 
/shrug

If it were me I'd tell the guy he's SOL if he removed the hsf before testing to make sure it worked. If he tested it before removing it, then I'd say it does fall on your end.
 
Removing the Silencers is a little tricky. I can certainly imagining someone rushing through it and breaking something. Me, I heated the memory pads with a hair dryer and carefully pulled at one corner bit by bit until it was completely free before moving to the next set of chips.
 
My guess is he messed something up when taking off the silencer. I would make him RMA the card. If he gives you bad heat, i would return the favor.

But maybe that would be the ass-holeish thing to do :rolleyes:

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