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Problem with new MSI 5850 Twin Frozr

Darkst4r said:
I had a refund for one of these from OCUK today. Bought the card on Xmas eve and RMA'd it after 40 mins use because it started making a fizzing noise and kept changing my desktop to basic desktop at random. The guy on the phone said he wouldnt send me a replacement as they had so many back with problems already. Thing is they are still for sale on reduced price.

I hope you have an easier time with the RMA than I did. It took me several webnotes, about an hour on the phone and 2 complaints forms before they decided it was "borderline faulty".
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This reminds of a Gigabyte 8800GT that I bought a few years back from a competitor, they were priced significantly cheaper then the other 8800GTs.

It turns out there was a design fault with them and I sent mine back a few months later when I had finally established it was the graphics card and got the rev 2 replacement.

That card was not as bad as this MSI one I am currently in possession of the fault on this card is much worse.

It seems if there is a significant problem with a batch of cards they get sold off cheaply to get rid of stock.
 
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