9800XT Please help

[Chemical_Ali]

hi, the other night my bro was playing battlefield 2 with his 9800xt and everything was ok, after he switched off computer and went too bed.

today he turn on computer and the moniter says there is no signal please check cable. so i check cable and nothing wrong i even check moniter on another pc everything is ok so its not the moniter,

im got worried and checked the computer on another moniter and the moniter would go on to standby all the time, tried vga and dvi same thing so its the gpu

i looked at the fan of the GPU and its spinning i removed 9800xt and check moniter with intergrated intel crappy extreme graphics everything is cool.


so its got to be the 9800xt, but why? has it died on me? becuase the fans still spinning


can anyone help me plz any comments will be apprieciated.

thanks in advance

[Dougal]

Could be a quiet burn out.

Have had it happen to me before, the fan got stuck, burnt the GPU but when I checked it, it was running fine.

Luckily it was still in warranty and I successfully flogged it

[Chemical_Ali]

did u have to RMA it back to Canada HQ or do they have a European HQ too?

and i replaced the Stock cooler with an Artic silencer, will that effect my chance of getting RMA?

[Dougal]

Who's the manufacturer of the card?

You normally have to RMA it to the retailer

[Chemical_Ali]

its the original 9800xtfrom ati. ahhhh f*3k i bought if from ebay last year with no receipts but i did register the card with ati.com

[Chemical_Ali]

ok i need to buy a new budget mainstream graphics card but i dont know which one to get.

whats a good card for 100quid (agp) that beats or equivilent to a 9800xt? anyone know?

[menthel]

Spend a touch more for a 6600gt. Is about equivalent.

[Chemical_Ali]

thanks dude, i had that in mind. what do u think about the x700pro?

[menthel]

Has nothing on the 6600gt. The closest would be the x800gt, but its pci-e only.

[Chemical_Ali]

thanks again i'll get the 6600gt

[Dougal]

If you can get a bit more you'll be able to easily find a 2ndhand X800PRO for £160

[JimmyBoy]

check to make sure that for sum reason windows hasnt decided to default back to ur onboard gfx, it happened to me with a geforce 4 and onboard intel 810 lol

i was runnin win xp pro, thought the card had died myself til i disabled the onboard 1 then it worked

stupid windows forgetting settings

[Chemical_Ali]

ya i checked the gpu with another motherboard and never worked

dougal do u have a link?

[Dougal]

EBAY

But keep your eye on the futuremark forums and others too. They pop up from time to time.

[Chemical_Ali]

no more buying from ebay lol