5970 major problem

CaptainRAVE · 17 Sep 2010 at 12:30

An intermittent fault is the worst.

Nyoron · 17 Sep 2010 at 14:30

If you've tried it in another pc and the same thing is happening then it's probably a faulty card.

RMA time?

Jabbs · 17 Sep 2010 at 14:37

Nyoron said:
If you've tried it in another pc and the same thing is happening then it's probably a faulty card.

RMA time?

I tried it on a old athlon 64x2 board etc but with the same harddrive, would it be advisable to try on a fresh system, i just find it odd everytime the x1600 spare i use works but when i try this i get the problem.

w3bbo · 17 Sep 2010 at 14:46

Could be a dying psu, have you tried a different psu?

Jabbs · 17 Sep 2010 at 15:52

w3bbo said:
Could be a dying psu, have you tried a different psu?

Not got one that can take it i doubt only other i have is a ocz 600w.

Freddie1980 · 17 Sep 2010 at 16:15

CaptainRAVE said:
Sounds like a fault then. Tried the oven baking method? Monitored the temps of the card before the crash? Does it only happen with L4D2? All other drivers updated?

You want him to put £400 in the oven?

Just RMA it and state the fualt and you have tested it on two systems.

Kribby2006 · 17 Sep 2010 at 16:24

Freddie1980 said:
You want him to put £400 in the oven? .

Lol I was thinking the same thing

skotish| · 17 Sep 2010 at 17:21

Try rolling back your overclock a bit ?

judmann · 17 Sep 2010 at 18:28

i once plugged in my creative fatality xi-fi front panel leads into the soundcard then turnt pc on and i got same problem stuck at windows logo on both my hard drives,in the end i had to reinstall windows on both drives and now everything works,i know you are talking about a Graphics card but the problem was the same.

CaptainRAVE · 17 Sep 2010 at 18:34

Freddie1980 said:
You want him to put £400 in the oven?

Just RMA it and state the fualt and you have tested it on two systems.

It isn't worth £400 if it is faulty and a fault that doesn't show up on RMA tests

MoodyB · 17 Sep 2010 at 19:02

Try TwL's modified drivers here :

http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=322616

Freddie1980 · 17 Sep 2010 at 20:10

CaptainRAVE said:
It isn't worth £400 if it is faulty and a fault that doesn't show up on RMA tests

If you can prove the fault (which he can and has) then he has every right to return it as faulty as he has eliminated all the variables.

Jabbs · 17 Sep 2010 at 21:17

MoodyB said:
Try TwL's modified drivers here :

http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=322616

Nice idea but its the same thing on windows startup it just freezes.

MoodyB · 17 Sep 2010 at 22:20

Back up your current install with Acronis, Macrium Reflect, or whatever and try a fresh install of Windows ?

Kelt · 18 Sep 2010 at 00:28

I think I'd be looking for my money back from the seller, as it clearly is a faulty card.

Martini1991 · 18 Sep 2010 at 07:09

It very much sounds like a faulty card.

hlennie · 18 Sep 2010 at 09:13

rma it i got a 5870 back for my 4870 x2

Jabbs · 18 Sep 2010 at 12:06

hlennie said:
rma it i got a 5870 back for my 4870 x2

Would it be better going through HIS them self do you think.

Locky · 18 Sep 2010 at 12:26

The card is dead, I have seen it many of times with ATI cards, when the driver loads at the boot up screen is crashies, seen it lot's with the 4870x2, just RMA the card.