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Replacement card for blown 780 lightning.

matty114

matty114

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My 8 month old Lightning went up in smoke last night while playing Bf4, temps were fine 47c for Core 55 for VRM, My Screen went black followed by a big pop and a flash. I circled Here where it is covered in burn marks. Overclockers said I can't return it because it has been overclocked :mad:

My question is what card should I save up for? I was thinking about getting the EVGA GTX780Ti Dual BIOS Classified because I can keep the warranty after putting a waterblock on it and I heard it is a great overclocking card. I am playing games at 1080p but I am looking to get a 1440p monitor after xmas. It will take just over 2 months to save up so I have plenty of time to choose and my HD 4600 plays Football manager with no problems so I can no life that until then. :p
 
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matty114 said:
My 8 month old Lightning went up in smoke last night while playing Bf4, temps were fine 47c for Core 55 for VRM, My Screen went black followed by a big pop and a flash. I circled Here where it is covered in burn marks. Overclockers said I can't return it because it has been overclocked :mad:

My question is what card should I save up for? I was thinking about getting the EVGA GTX780Ti Dual BIOS Classified because I can keep the warranty after putting a waterblock on it and I heard it is a great overclocking card. I am playing games at 1080p but I am looking to get a 1440p after xmas. It will take just over 2 months to save up so I have plenty of time to choose and my HD 4600 plays Football manager with no problems so I can no life that until then. :p
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LtMatt said:
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:D lol made me laugh!

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I'm sure it's still supposed to be under warranty even after being overclocked. I thought OCUK would handle this but if they don't, try contacting MSI your self and see about returning it.

Also the 780Ti you liked looks good not sure on which other 780Ti to opt for though if watercooling is what your intending. Not considered a 290?
 
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I had a ref 290, it ran hot and had blackscreen problems, sent it back and got the 780. It was my first Nvidia card and it blew me away after using Ati/AMD for years. I would prefer to say with Nvidia.
 
So you actually got lightning from your lightning and Overclockers won't rma an overclocked card that was designed to be overclocked??

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MrMoonX said:
tell ocuk they are the retailer and responsible under SOGA, and what overclock ;)
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Perhaps this one, along with flashing the BIOS.

matty114 said:
Flashed Skyn3t's Lightning BIOS to my LE version, disabled boost + up to 300% power limit.

Manged to get a 441Mhz overclock on the core with +88mV. The core voltage never goes over 1.190 when under load, got the memory at 6.4Ghz.

The stock clock is 889 for the Lightning LE and 980 for the Lightning.
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I get 9.8k on Firestrike with a 2500k at 4.6Ghz. :)
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Somewhere, buried in this forum is a quote from one of the staff members saying that they'll never refuse an RMA if a card has been overclocked after which they made a joke about the name of the company.

I have no idea where but it is around.

As for a replacement card - I would chose another 780. I assume that you are quite into your high end overclocking using AB workarounds and stuff, and AFAIK there is very little available to 780 ti owners. I went from a 780 lightning (personally I found it to be a £400 pos) to a 780 reference I found more OCing resources/guides for it that allowed me to get better clocks than the lightning. Plus it cost me about £130 less.
 
The loads temps point to water cooling or are the temps in the op idle. Do Msi support this practise in there RMA? The minute you admit to overclocking creates doubt in whether the card is bad or whether you pushed to far. Overclocking creates doubt when it comes to RMA if you ask me.
 
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It blew you away...:D:D:D:D

So OCUK are trying to tell you the enthusiast card aimed at overclockers which they advertise on their site with references everywhere about overclocking (even with LN2) is no longer under warranty because you overclocked it? absolute crap!

If your not getting a refund/replacement/repair your seriously going about this the wrong way ;)

You just need to quote their product description to them, quote some SOGA and be more stern about it and they will sort it out. Don't let them shaft you.....

TheRealDeal said:
The loads temps point to water cooling or are the temps in the op idle. Do Msi support this practise in there RMA? The minute you admit to overclocking creates doubt in whether the card is bad or whether you pushed to far. Overclocking creates doubt when it comes to RMA if you ask me.
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i think OCUK have a deal with MSI allowing you to replace the cooler, could be wrong but i don't think i am.

Designed specifically for overclocking
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^^ taken from the product description from OCUK
 
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I'm not sure i believe OcuK would even refuse it for that. There must be something else at play here, Bailey would not refuse it if you admitted to overclocking it.
 
Overclocking is a general statement. At what point does the retailer say that's over the top. There is also the silicon lottery to consider as some cards might do 200mhz core over another.
 
4737Joker said:
i think OCUK have a deal with MSI allowing you to replace the cooler, could be wrong but i don't think i am.
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MSI allows people to remove their coolers and replace them with other solutions/replace the paste as long as when they return it, all the original bits are there.
The warranty void if removed sticker is a deterrent for inexperienced users. It's also really easy to work around with a pair of thin plyers.
 
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