5870 no display troubleshooting help

[Skeng]

Hi,

So a few months ago I swapped my 5870 for a GTX 680 since then I've tried to sell the card one ebay twice. Both time's I've had it returned to me as being faulty which was strange because I tested it and it was working just fine. After the first time I received it back I did a quick test (and I mean quick) on a friends computer and the bios displayed just fine, we couldn't boot into the operating system as he didn't know which was his primary hard drive and had to remove 2 out of the 8 to fit in the card however the buyer reported it as not showing bios so it was a win; at least it worked. So now I've gotten it back again of the second buyer I've got my original test system back and it's just not running at all now.

The fan on the card comes on, my keyboard lights up but I just can't get a image to display. When I power on the system I hear 1 long beep then 3 short beeps. Does anyone have any ideas I'm just about to go through the usual steps of resetting the CMOS/switching jumper pins and I'm also giving it a bit of a google at the same time.

regards -Skeng

 

[Skeng]

Quick update apparently 1 long beep and 3 short beeps is a memory error I'll give that a test now.

 

[Skeng]

Ignore the whole beeping problem turns out one of my ram sticks was a little loose however now there are no beeps but no display.

 

[TropicLightning]

Did you record your serial numbers before you sent it to the first buyer, and make sure the serial number tags weren't tampered with you got it back?

 

[Skeng]

Did you record your serial numbers before you sent it to the first buyer, and make sure the serial number tags weren't tampered with you got it back?

I didn't

However I've had it apart before as it used to be watercooled, I'll crack it open tomorrow and see if there are any visible signs of damage.

 

[TropicLightning]

Sorry to say it's looking like the 1st buyer either scammed you with a swap or just outright borked it. Good luck.