I auctioned a radeon 9700 pro on eBay recently, but I don't have a camera so I couldn't take a photo. One is on the way. I've had the card five months and it is in perfect condition, but I have modded it with an 80 millimetre fan with a wire neatly going through the fan and around the card fixing it very firmly and gently in place. I have to sell it because I have carpal tunnel syndrome and have to rest my hands for a long time. The only problem with my sale is that the fan hoop casing thing is cracked and I completely forgot it was cracked because it's not obvious to see and to a serious hardware person it's a sort of thing that gets forgotten immediately because unless you push the sides of the fan around it should run until the motor wears out.
I sent the guy four Xtra free magazines of PC zone that were lying around and thought I was doing a really decent deal. But he received it today and wrote me this:
Your package arrived today I am very disappointed the fan held on with bits of wire the fan casing cracked in the corners, no card fitting instructions,I suspect I need a power cable for the fan before it can be installed,no drivers all in all disappointed and I request a full refund I will repack and send back and stand the return postage to you upon receipt of my cheque I hope you are able to honour this request
he is right that is that I forgot to replace the fan, I have offered him a new one of the same not that it should be replaced before the motor dies. And I also forgot to send the leads because using my hands was a really hectic at the weekend and I had just moved all my stuff to new room. I can send them out as well I've told him. Two things are I've done a bad deal? I sent him the drivers on a PC zone DVD, and its OEMs so there's no data end of fitting instructions, but anyone who's ever fixed a graphics card can do it with eyes closed. I've provided him everything for an excellent card that should run this 10 years with a better performance and lawyers than any other card. All he has to do is plug-in the fan connector to the motherboard, plug-in a floppy connector to the graphics cards and install the drivers.
Any opinions on what this deal is like? The card is in excellent condition. The modification is silent and powerful and even cools the ram although it does look DIY. It uses black and red wires so I think it's pretty neat. It's much more efficient than an Arctic cooling heatsink so I have kept it like that. Would you be worried about the deal ? Cheers