Dead card diagnosis

[Uncle Petey]

I was just wondering if anyone had an idea of what could've gone wrong with this 7950?
RMA would be a pain for a variety of reasons that I cba to go into and I wrote it off a good while ago. I just have a sudden curious urge to see what people think would be the issue

Anyway, take a look at this crappy vid and have at it.

 

[LtMatt]

Faulty vram i reckon. The bigger question here is what the hell were you watching on tv?

 

[Uncle Petey]

I dunno, but I think you'd need acid to fully appreciate it.

 

[Kaapstad]

 

[ALXAndy]

Faulty vram, faulty memory controller, screwed solder contact on the actual GPU core.

Mind you saying that it could also be failed components, but I would imagine it's one of the three above really.

Had a similar issue with my 6970 Lightning a week after I bought it..

 

[Uncle Petey]

Yeah, it's probably one of them
I did do a LOT of fiddling with an aftermarket cooler on that card tbh. Thing is, it was working fine and had been in and out of the machine many times. One day, I took it out to adjust a fan and when I put it back, it did this.
Game over man...

 

[Ragnahex]

i had this exact problem with an old card of mine! the only solution i found was the bin unfortunately

 

[chaparral]

Sell it as faulty on Ebay.............

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=faulty+7950&LH_Complete=1&rt=nc

 

[Uncle Petey]

i had this exact problem with an old card of mine! the only solution i found was the bin unfortunately

Yeah, it's been sitting in it's box for months. I gave up hope a long time ago

Sell it as faulty on Ebay.............

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=faulty+7950&LH_Complete=1&rt=nc

I have considered that actually. It's a pristine looking Sapphire Dual-X on a 7970 pcb (whatever that's worth, considering it's buggered), fully boxed etc.
Can't believe people pay that much for broken cards. Might have to give it a bash