How to get this card working.....

[ac1d1ty]

So I just bought a faulty 4870x2 (moronic I know :/, I thought I had placed a nominal bid, only to have typed in the number twice, so I won it).

The seller described the problem as

After run computer still black screen, but after run with another graphics card GPU-Z see this card just can not run drivers for this card and nothing in line where is bios number. I thing it posible to run this card if you now how to change bios




Any ideas? The card dosent seem to be physically damaged.


Would appreciate any help to save me losing a load of cash >_>

 

[ac1d1ty]

will a 4870x2 fit into a 1x slot? i've got no spare 16x slots

 

[ac1d1ty]

any suggestions. Can't believe i've paid so much for a dud >_>

 

[ac1d1ty]

to bloody much. I need to get it working just for it to be a "normal" purchase, let alone a really good buy -_-


Will a 4870X2 fit in a 1x slot?

 

[ac1d1ty]

let us know how it goes

Will do.

if GPU-z is reading the bios of the card, then a bios update wont fix it, to me it looks like the VRM is goosed.

:/

I hope this is not the case, it's going to mean a big loss to me

 

[ac1d1ty]

Have a guess


The guy says the line in GPU-Z for the bios code is empty. Is this good or bad? VRM problem?

I've checked online and apparently Sapphire give a 2yr warranty for the graphics cards. The 4870x2 wasn't even released 2 years ago.......I take it I need the reciept though?