I've been monitoring this thread for quite some time. I came close to buying a 34GK950G when they were in stock late December and then an "F" the day Nvidia announced the "G-Sync compatible" driver update. I missed the 3 monitors that suddenly popped in to stock in Jan and have been wary of buying the "B Grade" models for fear of dead pixels. But I just couldn't get rid of the itch to buy and couldn't wait so when I realized that there was a website advertised on Google (I won't name them here but something to do with New and Easter!) that had new "G"s in stock at a price that even after VAT, import duty and shipping came in at less than £950 I couldn't resist. For the past 5 days I've been watching my new monitor taking its road trip of the US and its Transatlantic flight to Stanstead courtesy of FedEx online tracking. It's been fun and honestly has been adding to the anticipation. So, it arrived today! The box was intact - not as much as a dent. I unboxed it, connected it up and plugged it in - WOW!!! Yep everything I'd been looking forward to! My GTX1070 had set the resolution to the native 3440x1440 but at 60Hz. Using Nvidia control panel I switched that up to 100Hz. No option for 120Hz??? I started to check out the on-screen display features and played with the background lighting (which actually isn't garish at all) and then I found the "Overclock" setting - the key to 120Hz! I duly selected it - why wouldn't I? it was there to be selected! An on-screen message told me that the monitor would reboot and when finished I needed to choose the appropriate refresh rate in the PC settings. And that unfortunately was the last time it worked!!
It tried to reboot, it really, really tried … and kept trying for 20 minutes, I power cycled it, no change - a continuous cycling of the rear mood lighting but nothing from the screen at all. I called LG UK and a very helpful chap (Andy) told me that unfortunately my new monitor was now bricked and I should return it!!! Nothing could be done to salvage it, no soft reset option, no ability to return it to the original factory settings. And so one minute it was there and the next it was no more! So, next step was to contact the RMA department back in the USA and they were as helpful as they could be. They agreed to RMA it and DHL will take it away free of charge - but being an international order they won't do a straight swap just a refund. They suggested that I reorder but the price is now £200 more than it was 5 days ago and they won't price match for international orders.
I thought I'd share this story for a few reasons and none of them were to be the recipient of troll abuse.
1. To say that whilst my relationship with my 34GK950G was VERY short lived, I was very impressed with the overall package and will definitely get another one just as soon as Overclockers get them in stock.
2. I'm wondering whether the overclocked G-Sync module is the cause of scarcity - and wonder whether anyone else has had this problem?
3. To highlight that these rare beasts are available from the US at significant discounts to those in the UK and that will inevitably lead to people buying them there - I'm pretty sure that the bricking had nothing to do with the journey.
4. Finally, a request to this forum to ask if anyone else has had this issue and managed to fix it? I'd rather find a way to reset than have to ship back if possible.
I've posted a short 11 second video of the monitor trying to reboot- the "dimming" you see isn't the video cycling its the boot-cycle restarting.
, maybe £799.99 
Not good.
