Anyone need a doorstop?

Busa · 30 Jun 2010 at 10:01

This is kaput..

And the good news is i received from OCUK yesterday for £232.99p a HIS 5850 and now im glad the 4870x2 died!

stulid · 30 Jun 2010 at 10:03

i need a doorstop

alex24 · 30 Jun 2010 at 10:03

Put it on an auction site, you'll be surprised what people will pay for a dead gfx card.

Busa · 30 Jun 2010 at 10:04

stulid said:
i need a doorstop

You can have this one if you want to collect it!

d_brennen · 30 Jun 2010 at 10:07

alexhull24 said:
Put it on an auction site, you'll be surprised what people will pay for a dead gfx card.

But make sure you say it is dead

Seen so many

"we don't know anything about pooters so are unable to test, but it was working... NO REFUNDS SOLD AS SEEN!!!!"

Despite having 5000 feedback points for selling IT gear lol

Not fair on the daft people out there

NeoVo · 30 Jun 2010 at 10:08

Shove it in the oven!

straxusii · 30 Jun 2010 at 10:08

Oven trick

RavenXXX2 · 30 Jun 2010 at 10:10

I'll take it, can you post it? I'll cover postage.

Admiral Huddy · 30 Jun 2010 at 10:11

Warranty?

Busa · 30 Jun 2010 at 10:14

NeoVo said:
Shove it in the oven!

Microwave

Busa · 30 Jun 2010 at 10:16

Admiral Huddy said:
Warranty?

Yes...30 seconds.

CaptainRAVE · 30 Jun 2010 at 10:32

straxusii said:
Oven trick

Worth a try. Otherwise, as others say sell it on the bay. Have seen many "broken" items go for a fair amount on there. You can understand why though, I have bought "broken" items on there e.g. I think it was one of those AMD FX55s or similar (which was a crazy good chip in its day) - only to find it works fine

stulid · 30 Jun 2010 at 10:34

Busa said:
You can have this one if you want to collect it!

where?

Busa · 30 Jun 2010 at 10:40

stulid said:
where?

Chepstow..i live about a mile from the old severn crossing.

stulid · 30 Jun 2010 at 10:43

Busa said:
Chepstow..i live about a mile from the old severn crossing.

weigh it, and send it standard parcel service? i chuck you a tenner?

or I could collect monday evening?

Freddie1980 · 30 Jun 2010 at 10:47

What is it with dead video cards? CPU's seem to last forever (unless they have been massively overclocked) whereas video cards seem to die after 2/3 years.

TMP · 30 Jun 2010 at 10:48

Is there quite a market for dead gfx cards? I have quite a few, don't really want to dead with ebay though...

CaptainRAVE · 30 Jun 2010 at 10:51

Freddie1980 said:
What is it with dead video cards? CPU's seem to last forever (unless they have been massively overclocked) whereas video cards seem to die after 2/3 years.

Video cards have a lot more individual parts that run hot and tend to break. Tbh, even overclocked CPUs seem to last longer :rolleyes:

YoungRogue · 30 Jun 2010 at 11:04

take all the heatsinks off and the pci plate clean up all the tc, prop it up on 4 or 5 scrunched up foil balls on a tray covered in foil and put it in the oven for 190 degrees for about 8 mins, I did this with my 3870x2 and it got rid of the major artifacts that wouldnt even let me boot into windows!! And I was able to pop some chips straight in to celebrate with!!

SirCanealot · 30 Jun 2010 at 11:06

Cool artwork! :O