2900 XT DEAD.

Subby28 · 13 Aug 2007 at 09:46

Hi,
I bought a 2900 XT from here a few weeks back, and it has been working fine. However today, i turned the pc on, and the fan started speeding up and slowing down very eratically and randomly, ive never seen/heard anything like it. There is no output from the card whatsoever. Ive contacted ATI, overclockers and Xpert Vision, and awaiting a reply. I have trawelled through many forums and cant seem to find anyone with similar problem.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Thanks

I am running OCZ StealthXstream 600w psu.

Scougar · 13 Aug 2007 at 09:50

Does the rest of the system 'sound' normal? (disks spinning up ok etc?)

Matthew

Subby28 · 13 Aug 2007 at 09:53

yep, im running an old X800 GTO at the mo and the system is running fine.
Just for reference my system is:

AMD Athlon X2 6000+
Geil 5300 2gb
ASRock AliveXire
OCZ Stealthxstream 600w psu.

Cuchulain · 13 Aug 2007 at 09:54

Subby28 said:
Hi,
I bought a 2900 XT from here a few weeks back, and it has been working fine. However today, i turned the pc on, and the fan started speeding up and slowing down very eratically and randomly, ive never seen/heard anything like it. There is no output from the card whatsoever. Ive contacted ATI, overclockers and Xpert Vision, and awaiting a reply. I have trawelled through many forums and cant seem to find anyone with similar problem.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Thanks

I am running OCZ StealthXstream 600w psu.

RMA it back to ocuk, that's what ATI and Xpertvision will tell you (if you ever hear back from them).

the shadow · 13 Aug 2007 at 09:56

r.i.p

Subby28 · 13 Aug 2007 at 10:03

the shadow said:
r.i.p

Helium_Junkie · 13 Aug 2007 at 11:43

The fan will go mental on boot if your power is insufficient. Check the power cables are all in firmly, and please tell us what PSU you have.

KangooVanMan · 13 Aug 2007 at 11:50

Helium_Junkie said:
The fan will go mental on boot if your power is insufficient. Check the power cables are all in firmly, and please tell us what PSU you have.

Subby28 said:
AMD Athlon X2 6000+
Geil 5300 2gb
ASRock AliveXire
OCZ Stealthxstream 600w psu.

Subby28 · 13 Aug 2007 at 12:26

it had been running fine on the OCZ for 2 weeks, and i think ATI recommend 550w, so i think 600w is fine if your not overclocking. Also i think what you mean is the fan going up to high speeds when the power cables are wrong or not enough power. Ive read about that in another forum. This was a case of the fan speeding up and slowing down very erraticaly.

An RMA was created and it has been sent back today, i will let you know the outcome.

I hope this doesnt happen to any other 2900's!

Darg · 13 Aug 2007 at 12:27

Sounds like a dead one. Try it one last time, firmly reseating all power plugs into the card. I assume you're using atleast 2x6pin PCI-E cables?

gareth170 · 13 Aug 2007 at 13:10

did u ever overclock it? if yes then maybe thats why.. plus ocuk shouldn't really accept the card back if its been overclocked....

Subby28 · 13 Aug 2007 at 13:48

gareth170 said:
did u ever overclock it? if yes then maybe thats why.. plus ocuk shouldn't really accept the card back if its been overclocked....

No, i researched it thoroughly before buying it, and 600w psu is fine as long as you dont overclock it. Which i didnt, and they should be able to see that when examining the card. So they have no reason to not accept it.

I tried the card once more before sending it back, and the same result.

I checked all the plugs properly every time when fitting the card.

Yes i was using 2x6pin connectors, which werent adapters, they came straight off the psu.

Locky · 13 Aug 2007 at 14:47

how can anyone know if the card has been overclocked, that would be a kick ass tech guy.

valerian · 13 Aug 2007 at 15:31

earth to earth and so on...................
i'm defecting to nvidia i'm afraid

Darg · 13 Aug 2007 at 15:47

valerian said:
earth to earth and so on...................
i'm defecting to nvidia i'm afraid

A GTX I can understand. I hope you're not picking a GTS over this now? Benchmarks with the latest drivers show the 2900XT besting the GTSs in 99% of benchmarks and even beating the GTX in one or two. Well worth the money it is in my opinion.

willhub · 13 Aug 2007 at 16:15

You sure it beats the GTS in most things? Dirt is one game were the GTS totally walks all over the 2900, I was getting higher fps at the same res, but that was with 16xAA/AF, cant be too sure TDU runs better aswell since AA wont work for it, only 4x :\.

Oblivion is slower too.

LoadsaMoney · 13 Aug 2007 at 16:24

valerian said:
earth to earth and so on...................
i'm defecting to nvidia i'm afraid

I wouldn't, 8800's have had a slowdown bug since launch (last November), and it wont be fixed till sometime in Sept, and thats just the fix for the bug in Dx9, they say its gona be months after that before they fix it in Dx10, id stick with the 2900's.

Shocky-FM · 13 Aug 2007 at 16:40

LoadsaMoney said:
I wouldn't, 8800's have had a slowdown bug since launch (last November), and it wont be fixed till sometime in Sept, and thats just the fix for the bug in Dx9, they say its gona be months after that before they fix it in Dx10, id stick with the 2900's.

Just a good reason to stay away from he 320mb version as the others are pretty much unaffected, well they do suffer with it to but with the extra memory you will probably never notice it or have any problems.

LoadsaMoney · 13 Aug 2007 at 17:00

I dont have any probs with mine, and its not just the 320mb's that are affected, theres plenty of 640mb GTS owners, GTX owners with the same prob, just affects the 320mb GTS more.

Locky · 13 Aug 2007 at 17:17

can you provide links, benchmarks, so on for the 2900XT beating the GTS series in 99% of benchmarks.