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6800 and artifacts question

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Switched on my daughters PC today and I got multicoloured squares or artifacts all over the place.

The card is a Aopen 6800 DVI128 and just over a year old.

So I think maybe I'll try to flash the bios but there no bios on the webpage :mad:

Do you think the card is a gonna? In your experience is this kind of thing recoverable and do any of you know how to send back one of these to the manufacturer as the only place I can see on their website is in Germany.
 
Sounds like the memory on the card is shot.

Does it do it from POST or just when your in windows?
Check for any overclocks/unlocks
Check for overheating
Update your GFX drivers

To me though, it sounds like the card knackered, especially if its doing it as soon as you hit the power button
 
Stellios said:
Sounds like the memory on the card is shot.

Does it do it from POST or just when your in windows?
Check for any overclocks/unlocks
Check for overheating
Update your GFX drivers

To me though, it sounds like the card knackered, especially if its doing it as soon as you hit the power button
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yup does it from post
 
Yep, if its still under warranty its an RMA job, but if its out of warranty you need a new card im afriad.

You could try lowering the clocks speeds below stock to see if that does anything, but its unlikely.
 
tickle me elmo said:
RMA
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damn stupid warranties for AOpen they last 12 months from manufacturers date. So even if its sat in a shop for 6 months you only covered for 6 months?
 
Stellios said:
They shoudnt, they should last 12 months from the day of purchase.
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Its out of that anyways :(

I know this might sound a silly question as Im no graphics wizard but can I flash the bios of anotehr similar card to this i.e. this is a AOpen can I flash a Gainward 6800 to it?

Still cant believe thye havent got a blooming bios for this though!
 
it could be overheating , can you monitor the temperature ??
if its a heat issue you may need to remove the hsf and clean the paste from the gpu and hsf and then reapply new thermal grease , make sure it is properly seated onto gpu and try again,try firm pressure when reseating hsf
dave
 
as mentioned above, you card does sound borked to be honest. but if its out of warranty then anything has to be worth a try.

Try stripping off the heatsink, clean all the gunk off and re apply some thermal compound. re seat the heatsink and see how that goes.

if that still doesnt work then by all means try flashing with another make of card as long as its the same card it shouldnt be a problem. I flashed my 6800GT with a leadtek bios and it worked
 
Im having a few problesm removing the stock heatsink and fan

the four plastic springloaded legs come off but it wont budge its as if its stuck on

any clues?
 
It probally is stuck on then... if it's a year old the thermal gunk that came with the stock cooler will be rock-solid, try and get some alochol-based cleaners in there and see if that shifts it...

If not a bit of brute force and ignorance will help (with some degree of care though)

try shoving some Arctic Silver under it and putting it back on, this might lower temps some....

given what you've said so far though, i'm guessing an RMA or new card is likely :( .
 
I flashed my bily bogo 6800 with an xfx ultra bios, then used riva tuner to unlock a quad and an extra vertex, then overclocked mem to 1250mhz, and amazingly it still worked but hell did it get hot!(flashed it back to standard bios now) but still works fine which is the point, so i think it a bit poor that acard fails after year with no abuse, and my soul purpose is to kill my card but it wont have it and keeps going a bit wierd.

Anyways if you want gfx bios go to mvtech.net, get nbititor and change baord id to your own and bobs your uncle. Make sure you back up your bios before try flashing with another though!
 
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