VTX3D 7850 - Graphics card problems - please help :(

[malicht]

Hey guys!

Recently my graphics card (6 months old) started to make a god awful noise intermittently when I booted up my pc. The noise would come from the fan on the card, as it tried to spin. It was so bad it would vibrate my pc. The only way to get the card to stop making the noise was to give the fan a little push and then it would work fine.

However, I recently got to the point where I wasn't happy with a 6 month old card failing like this, so I sent it back to overclockers and assumed they'd fix it, or replace it. I Borrowed a friends old GPU in the mean time.

So they returned the card yesterday saying they couldn't find a fault on it. I'm a little incredulous about this but I took it on good faith, and the first time I booted up all seemed to be well.

This morning however the card made the exact same noise, and now windows doesn't seem to be able to boot up "Desktop Windows Manager".

Now, I'm pretty broke at the moment, and I need my pc for my studies. I'm pretty certain I can't actually afford to RMA the card again, so I'm asking for peoples opinions. Can I fix this card without sending it back? Or should they (as I feel) have actually tested it correctly and found the fault?

I just want a working card

 

[malicht]

Will that void the warranty?

And thanks for the advice

 

[malicht]

I've got a new RMA number, but I'm so wary of sending it back, just to have them return it to me totally un touched.

I'll see how this goes. Thanks for the help.

 

[malicht]

Decided not to bother.

Don't wanna risk the warranty. I'll just send it back again when i can afford to :/

 

[malicht]

That's the problem I think, the issue is intermittent, so i can only assume that when they had it, the card appeared to work fine.

I can't actually afford to send the card atm And Whose to say they will find the fault? :/

 

[malicht]

I haven't actually tried to replicate the problem myself, but when I get home later I will try and do so. The thing is, when the card works, it seems to work fine. When it doesn't it really doesn't.

I'd say I have the fan issue at least every other day, when i come to turn the pc on.

 

[malicht]

Well, I have spent the morning trying to replicate the problem. Wacked the fan up to 100% and it was fine. Also when I booted it up this morning it didn't make the noise. I imagine this is what happened to the guys at OC.

It's kinda hard to claim the thing is broke when it seems to decide on and off when its going to work and not going to work.