X1900XTX, what could be wrong with it?

[willhub]

Hi, well I got an X1900XTX for 25 inc, was selling as untested, so I can understand.

I put it in me PC, and fan spins to full, then nothing happens, dont know if system keeps booting or what, but screen dont come on, I'm just wondering, any idea what possibly could have gone wrong with it and anyway to repair it or something?

Could that be the problem?, It looks like someone has chipped it, allthough the phone camera cant shot it in detail

Its a PA0511.101NL Power inductor I think, any ideas on getting a replacement one of em?

 

[willhub]

that definately looks like a stray blob of solder

i think you're right, somebody has chipped it

if you dont manage to replace it, ive got an X1900 XT 512mb that im looking to get rid of. Obv. cant sell in here so drop me an e-mail if you're interested.

You rekon thats the problem? If I was to replace that you think the card will be working or could that of nuked the core or memory?

 

[willhub]

Shall I just bin the card?

 

[willhub]

personally id say yes. I reckon your chances of fixing it are faily slim. You could possibly try and return it under warranty, but im guessing that wont work otherwise the person who sold you the card would have done it.

did you buy it because you needed it for a 2nd machine, or buy it because you fancied a challenge ?

and if you're a dishonest person, you could do what the dishonest person did to you, and sell it on as "untested"

I'll try sell it on as untested but I dunno, thats like conning someone and I dont like to do that, I could sell it as faulty/spares though?, what I am going to do though is contact connect 3d, register and see if I can get anywere, doubt I will but hey I wont know if I dont try.

I bought it as a backup so it would enable me to sell my 8800GT early for the next cards.

 

[willhub]

Definately sell it as faulty, you could probably point out the issue (well, the part you think needs replaced) and get close to £25.
Plenty of people buy broken stuff, the reference cooler can come in useful for RMA's, other random parts can also be salvaged.

Were shall I sell it? you think I could get that on MM? Shall I go post a price check on it?

 

[willhub]

Shall I try £25 and 5 quid on top of that for P&P, I bought for 25 inc.

 

[willhub]

Don't put a reserve on it, start it of at a penny and i bet you recoup what you paid for it.

Ummm, but if it goes for something like £5 I dont wanna sell it for that, I *** rather scrap it coz it *** cost more than that to post.

Is it possible for me to end it at any time? Then I might be ok with letting it start at 1p.

 

[willhub]

Its like someone telling me jump off this cliff, trust me at the bottom is a matress you WILL land on lol.

Ok I'll try £0.01 and 7 quid for postage?

 

[willhub]

is it a blob of solder, or has the ceramin layer on the top of the chip cracked off showing a metalic inside?

ive seen a motherboard that failed after a thunderstorm (Electrical spike) and the controller chip for the network card looked like in the picture ( ceramic top layer cracked off one of the corners)

Yep like that abit of ceramic layer cracked off, dunno how its happened exactly, I hope its the problem, but anywayz I have packed it all up now and gonna put it on *** bay for £15 starting auction, starting at 1p I just cant see it getting far.

 

[willhub]

if thats the case, then i bets its either overheated, or suffered from an electric spike. it may have just killed that chip, or it could have gone further.. only way is to replace it to see

Cant find the chip to replace it tho, and I dunno how to solder em on, so selling as "**UNTESTED**", hopefully someone will buy it.

 

[willhub]

You wont get anywhere with Connect3D as they no more, went bust.

Well they doing something, look on there site they released a HD3870.

 

[willhub]

0.01p start and 3 quid postage?

So should I give the guy grief who I bought it off on this forum for not spotting the rather obvious fault?

 

[willhub]

8 quid?! I know there are some stupid people on ebay, but they're not that daft!

I was going to say a fiver for the postage, which I think is fairer and will get more people watching, which should translate into a better end price.

Personally, I always smell a rat when I see big postage fees. It usually means folks are trying to cover their fees in the postage (illegal under ebays rules), or they think the item won't sell for much.

As a compromise, you could always offer a Special Delivery option for postage as well, and that would be justified at £8.

RMSD would be more than £8, I sold my P5N-E SLi mobo and posting that was about £8.50 via 1st class recorded and its about as heavy as the GPU.