Is this a reason to RMA?

gareth170 · 9 Jan 2011 at 23:10

if you damage the card by burns u won't be able to rma it

Purgatory · 9 Jan 2011 at 23:11

Welcome to OCuk forums .... you have now entered the twilight zone....

Cleeecooo do you have house insurance, content insurance and life insurance ? If you do go for it... try the egg thing..... Can your PSU be more damaged then it probably is now... ofcourse it can just when it goes BANG make sure to take cover...

Cleeecooo seriously mate don't play with that system anymore get that card out of that system and send it back.. Don't try anything else, you have tried everything now and it proves the card is not working right. Go get some sleep and don't worry about it till tomorrow and then get it boxed up and sent back.

Cleeecooo · 10 Jan 2011 at 11:44

Reply from Ocuk: I have not heard of this problem before, i would probably suggest having a word with the manufacutrer directly to see if there is anything they can advise.

Cleeecooo · 10 Jan 2011 at 11:49

Ok thanks purgatory. I have stopped playing with the system but i was tempted. Ive emailed his and they should get back to me. Hopefully telling me to rma

Purgatory · 10 Jan 2011 at 11:56

wait and see what His have to say.. I'm sure they are going to tell you to RMA it.. Just state to them the card is idling on the desktop at over 80c+ and any time you stress the card with a game or benchmark it hits 100c+ and fails.. Also let them know you have tried every version of the drivers the one on the cd and the latest on AMDs web site .. and tell them the cpu clock and memory clock on idle when it is hitting 80c+. This will prove it's a faulty card.

gareth170 · 10 Jan 2011 at 12:00

why not just rma it to ocuk???

arc@css · 10 Jan 2011 at 12:07

gareth170 said:
why not just rma it to ocuk???

Cleeecooo · 10 Jan 2011 at 12:33

His said to stop ising the card and rma immediately. They said the cooler mau not be on properly and the eraticness my have been by me reseating the card and pushing the cooler back into place. Sound about right? Purgatory, i should have listened to you in the first place

Cleeecooo · 10 Jan 2011 at 12:45

Purgatory, why do you aay my psu is damaged?

Purgatory · 10 Jan 2011 at 12:46

Cleeecooo said:
His said to stop ising the card and rma immediately. They said the cooler mau not be on properly and the eraticness my have been by me reseating the card and pushing the cooler back into place. Sound about right? Purgatory, i should have listened to you in the first place

Sounds about right

Either the cooler is not on right or there is some power problem on the card ..

Purgatory · 10 Jan 2011 at 12:48

Cleeecooo said:
Purgatory, why do you aay my psu is damaged?

I don't think it's damaged, what I was saying is don't keep using the graphics card on that system or it will cause damage to the PSU or other components.

Get that card RMAed and wait for a new one that will work okay for sure

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gareth170 · 10 Jan 2011 at 13:16

Cleeecooo said:
i should have listened to you in the first place

why post on a forum if u won't listen to anyone?

Cleeecooo · 10 Jan 2011 at 13:22

I didnt listen earlier because other people said other thingstgat were contradictory. Also, my 8 pin and 6 pin are out of line aswell is that a problem?

gareth170 · 10 Jan 2011 at 13:35

i know u are trying to find fault with other parts but it's simple the card is faulty. end of

Barzini · 10 Jan 2011 at 13:44

Lol this guy is an idiot. Return the card, and in future just buy a pre-built system and don't bother messing around with building one yourself.

Cleeecooo · 10 Jan 2011 at 13:45

Ok. Ocuk have raised rma and they will give me a refund. Will send tomorrow

RedStarRiot · 10 Jan 2011 at 14:37

yay, now every 6970 thread wont be flooded with your "dont buy it,high temps" chat. good luck with it though

Cleeecooo · 10 Jan 2011 at 15:40

I still think the card was dissapointing. The 6950 is pretty awesome now though

Bergkamp · 10 Jan 2011 at 19:54

Obviously a broken card is going to be a disappointment. Don't tar them all with the same brush as you've clearly not had the chance to experience what it can actually do.

kmufc77 · 10 Jan 2011 at 20:04

Reading this thread has hurt my brain,the card is obviously faulty.

RMA THE CARD!,as others have told you sooooo many times.