Just Fucked Up My9700 Pro

[bigdawgfoxx]

as I type this I cant even th see the letters so sorry uh..i talked to my mom and forgot what i was saying before..

neways i cant see nething theres big ass bars going through the screen and i cant see nething really it took me 30 mins just to get here haha..i THINK this is hardwaare world...newayss ill try to get my money back for a fucked up card that i didnt touch...haha

[Mad Cat]

What did you do to it?

[4th gen]

Originally posted by Mad Cat@13 March 2004 - 16:56
What did you do to it?
OC'd it till it died? :o

[Mad Cat]

Originally posted by 4th gen+13 March 2004 - 18:08--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (4th gen @ 13 March 2004 - 18:08)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Mad Cat@13 March 2004 - 16:56
What did you do to it?
OC&#39;d it till it died? :o [/b][/quote]
Wouldn&#39;t surprise me :P



bigdawg, use your onboard graphics for god sakes. Doesn&#39;t nForce2 have an onboard GeForce class card?

[pc-gamer-dude]

Originally posted by Mad Cat+13 March 2004 - 13:20--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Mad Cat @ 13 March 2004 - 13:20)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by 4th gen@13 March 2004 - 18:08
<!--QuoteBegin-Mad Cat@13 March 2004 - 16:56
What did you do to it?
OC&#39;d it till it died? :o
Wouldn&#39;t surprise me :P



bigdawg, use your onboard graphics for god sakes. Doesn&#39;t nForce2 have an onboard GeForce class card? [/b][/quote]
nope.. no onboard gfx on his board (ive got the same board as him..)

[tesco]

if u can read this, is the bios and post etc viewable all except for in windows? restart the computer and as its starting press f8 then go to vga mode. it will reset the drivers to default and should undo ur overclock (if that is the problem).

[Mad Cat]

Originally posted by pc&#045;gamer&#045;dude+13 March 2004 - 18:36--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (pc-gamer-dude @ 13 March 2004 - 18:36)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by Mad Cat@13 March 2004 - 13:20

Originally posted by 4th gen@13 March 2004 - 18:08
<!--QuoteBegin-Mad Cat@13 March 2004 - 16:56
What did you do to it?
OC&#39;d it till it died? :o
Wouldn&#39;t surprise me :P



bigdawg, use your onboard graphics for god sakes. Doesn&#39;t nForce2 have an onboard GeForce class card?
nope.. no onboard gfx on his board (ive got the same board as him..) [/b][/quote]
Bigdawg, if you bother reading this, open PC in safe mode. Reverts to Window&#39;s crappy VGA drivers, then roll back drivers. You may have screwed up the Catalyst 4.3 install by having an antivirus on or something.

[atiVidia]

either that or he picked the drivers up from a bad place <_<

or he OCed till it died

or... this onesseems to be the most plausible explanation: he shorted out a voltage control chip... bigdawg did u open ur case and mess around with ur card before this happened?

[4th gen]

Did you submerge it in water to clean it? :unsure:

[bigdawgfoxx]

orrr i tried to take the heatsink off to put some AS3 and it wouldnt come off and i squized the little things on the back like a mother fucker..

i told my friend it wouldnt work..sure neough it didnt...i got my old card in now but it installed TONS of spyware and shit..just from puttin in my other graphics card...it added a ton of stuff to favorties and its freaking me out..

i wont get the new one untill next week when I can contact newegg i guess..

but basicly the card dont work...just tons of fucking lines all through it and distorted colors :(

maybe i can get my money back or a replacement...9800Pro is cheaper then the 220 that I paid for this haha....i hope they will take it back its only been like 3 months or so..they should right? warranty is atl east a year huh... :unsure:

[tesco]

Originally posted by bigdawgfoxx@13 March 2004 - 14:29
orrr i tried to take the heatsink off to put some AS3 and it wouldnt come off and i squized the little things on the back like a mother fucker..

i told my friend it wouldnt work..sure neough it didnt...i got my old card in now but it installed TONS of spyware and shit..just from puttin in my other graphics card...it added a ton of stuff to favorties and its freaking me out..

i wont get the new one untill next week when I can contact newegg i guess..

but basicly the card dont work...just tons of fucking lines all through it and distorted colors :(

maybe i can get my money back or a replacement...9800Pro is cheaper then the 220 that I paid for this haha....i hope they will take it back its only been like 3 months or so..they should right? warranty is atl east a year huh... :unsure:
its probably just overheating, check around those litle connectors first to make sure you didnt damage the card, and if not then your good for returning it.

and about teh spyware, i dont think you got that from your old video card, maybe you clicked some stuff when u couldnt see the screen and that got the spyware.

[bigdawgfoxx]

nothing looks like i messed with it so its good...

but shit keeps changing ON ITS OWN its really wierd...ill just reformatt it when I get a new graphics card or w/e...but my whole comp is fucked like I cant send mail or something its really wierd

[bigdawgfoxx]

like my background and homepage is changing..by itself..its fucked

[Virtualbody1234]

Maybe you have a virus?

[bigdawgfoxx]

Nah..the cards fucked bad...hopefully i can get a replacement..or ill just have to live with this pos card in hur now haha...geforce 4 mmx 440

[tesco]

Originally posted by bigdawgfoxx@13 March 2004 - 18:06
Nah..the cards fucked bad...hopefully i can get a replacement..or ill just have to live with this pos card in hur now haha...geforce 4 mmx 440
i think that when VB said maybe a virus he didnt mean teh card has a virus he means the stuff happening to ur computer.

[james_bond_rulez]

dude they wont refund your money.

it&#39;s been over 3 months already. the warrenty says 1 years means they&#39;ll send it to the manufacturer and fix it for you, not refund it


you have to send the card in for repairs now and wont get your money back.... <_<

[Dray_04]

...wish we had newegg deliver here in NZ :(

[abu_has_the_power]

what did u do that fucked it up?

[Peerzy]

Originally posted by bigdawgfoxx@13 March 2004 - 23:06
Nah..the cards fucked bad...hopefully i can get a replacement..or ill just have to live with this pos card in hur now haha...geforce 4 mmx 440
Thats my card, thanks :( .

[tesco]

Originally posted by peerzyboy+13 March 2004 - 20:06--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (peerzyboy @ 13 March 2004 - 20:06)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-bigdawgfoxx@13 March 2004 - 23:06
Nah..the cards fucked bad...hopefully i can get a replacement..or ill just have to live with this pos card in hur now haha...geforce 4 mmx 440
Thats my card, thanks :( . [/b][/quote]
same, i dont care i know its a crappy card, but i cant afford a better one.

[Evil Gemini]

Will you be willing to sell this card ?

[bigdawgfoxx]

I dont care if they refund it or fix it or what..i just want the thing back...i left to go with some girls tonight..i come back and 7 new icons are on my screen...WTF&#33; this is wierd...im just gona have to reformatt this thing is fucked lol

[_John_Lennon_]

Run adaware, its just something you downloaded that is changing your computer around. No graphics card ever has stuff installed that does that as far as I know of.

As for replacing the card, fill out an RMA form online through newegg, its over 1 month, so u cant get a refund, but you can send it in for a replacement. Just package it all up in the box u got it in, hope u kept it, including all cables cd&#39;s etc, put the RMA number on the front of package, ledgibly, and mail it off to their place.

Just hope they take it seeing as how you removed the heatsink/fan.

[bigdawgfoxx]

I never removed it lol

I already ran adaware..i duno..ill just reformat lol....

so I can still rma it even tho its 3 months old?

[abu_has_the_power]

Originally posted by bigdawgfoxx@14 March 2004 - 01:08
I never removed it lol

I already ran adaware..i duno..ill just reformat lol....

so I can still rma it even tho its 3 months old?
u can rma for a replacement, i think

[adamp2p]

Originally posted by _John_Lennon_@13 March 2004 - 21:59
Run adaware, its just something you downloaded that is changing your computer around.&nbsp; No graphics card ever has stuff installed that does that as far as I know of.

As for replacing the card, fill out an RMA form online through newegg, its over 1 month, so u cant get a refund, but you can send it in for a replacement.&nbsp; Just package it all up in the box u got it in, hope u kept it, including all cables cd&#39;s etc, put the RMA number on the front of package, ledgibly, and mail it off to their place.

Just hope they take it seeing as how you removed the heatsink/fan.
If you removed the heatsink fan then you voided your warranty, bigdawg. The 9700 Pro has a rather strange attached heatsink, and I am pretty sure that they wil notice. I think it overheated after you removed the heatsink. Is that the issue?

[Keikan]

IF yo udon&#39;t want your 9700pro can I have it?

[mr. nails]

they WILL refund it if they don&#39;t carry that card in stock anymore. as newegg isn&#39;t carrying very many 9700 pro&#39;s anymore. but they won&#39;t refund u if they find out u tampered with it. gl.

[james_bond_rulez]

Originally posted by mr. nails@14 March 2004 - 00:23
they WILL refund it if they don&#39;t carry that card in stock anymore. as newegg isn&#39;t carrying very many 9700 pro&#39;s anymore. but they won&#39;t refund u if they find out u tampered with it. gl.
i wont refund anything after it has been sold for more than 1 week, let along 3 months

sorry pal, but business is business....

they dont care if they have it in stock or not they&#39;ll ask you to turn to manuf. for help

[silent VI]

Originally posted by bigdawgfoxx@13 March 2004 - 21:25
like my background and homepage is changing..by itself..its fucked
bout a year back i had the same shit desktopchanging ton of icons appering on my desktop then after a day or two proof screen had nothin but greenbars video card was screwed and i was told it was from a virus and it fuck up that computer real bad i had to get a new one.

[bigdawgfoxx]

Well my other video card worked fine..just not my 9700Pro haha...

I DIDNT REMOVE THE HEATSINK haha dang...i did not...yall keep saying they will tell if i did...i didnt haha

They still have 9700Pros so I guess I will call them on monday and get info or something to make sure i can rma it.

I let my friend get on here and i know he downloaded a bunch of shit when i told him not to...noone hardly understands that downloading shit messes ur comp up and i like my computer clean with not much on it...he went off so he prob did get something..

i ran adaware and theres nothing.

[backlash]

run spybot S&D too. (update both programs before running...adaware too)

also, update virus defs and run a virus scan.

[bigdawgfoxx]

My 3DMarkO3 Score is now 93...just a little bit down hahaha

[tesco]

Originally posted by bigdawgfoxx@14 March 2004 - 10:29
My 3DMarkO3 Score is now 93...just a little bit down hahaha
how, even i get a higher score with my mx440, i got 156 i think.

[Mad Cat]

Erm, so how did you fuck up your 9700Pro. You said you pulled the heatsink off, then you said you didn&#39;t...?

[tesco]

Originally posted by Mad Cat@14 March 2004 - 11:09
Erm, so how did you fuck up your 9700Pro. You said you pulled the heatsink off, then you said you didn&#39;t...?
he probably started to get it off but since he couldnt get it off he thinks it didnt at all come off. but the transfer of heat between the card and heatsync is probably lower now so it overheated.

that or he scratched the card.

[bigdawgfoxx]

no, it didnt budge at all...none...zero..i looked at it and was going to take it off...but after looking at stuff realized it would not come off so i just stuck it back in haha..oh well theres no physical damage and u cant tell.

My score was so low cuz i had it all set on quality haha

And I set the card on the lowest settings I could after it was messed up...really slow speeds..and it was still wierd.

[silent VI]

Originally posted by backlash@14 March 2004 - 15:25
run spybot S&D too. (update both programs before running...adaware too)


better off with hijackthis

[bigdawgfoxx]

So do I still apply for a RMA number even if its 3 months old or what?

[tesco]

Originally posted by bigdawgfoxx@14 March 2004 - 23:10
So do I still apply for a RMA number even if its 3 months old or what?
i think you should call&#092;email them about their return policy

[RGX]

Dont diss the MX440. 310 core, stable, UT2004, medium detail, 1024x768, 30fps. Just .:P

Playable though.

Cant beleive you screwed a 9700 pro, I would love one of those suckers right now :(.

[GrubMe]

ATI Radeon 9700Pro 325/620 @ 361/662
Overclocked... ;)

Good luck trying to return a overclocked video card.

[tesco]

Originally posted by GrubMe@15 March 2004 - 19:13

ATI Radeon 9700Pro 325/620 @ 361/662
Overclocked... ;)

Good luck trying to return a overclocked video card.
why? they have no way of knowing he overclocked, there isnt a way to prove he knows what overclocking is.

[bigdawgfoxx]

Originally posted by GrubMe@15 March 2004 - 18:13

ATI Radeon 9700Pro 325/620 @ 361/662
Overclocked... ;)

Good luck trying to return a overclocked video card.
yah for real...they cant tell

[GrubMe]

Yeah... for sure its overclocking it.
I never overclock graphics card the first time its dope, but for a year or 2 the preformance will be all sluggish and burn out.

That is why you need ALOT of cool air around your graphics card if you decide your overclocking it. I have 2 fans around my graphics card 1 from the graphics card + heatsink, and one from the side of the case fan.

Many companies and computer stores are strict when returning overclocked video cards, its not in there Terms of Agreement / Warranty. Hope they don&#39;t notice that you overclocked your graphics card.

Good luck ;) .

[bigdawgfoxx]

Theres no way to find it out...yeah got it now?

[tesco]

Originally posted by GrubMe@15 March 2004 - 22:08
Yeah... for sure its overclocking it.
I never overclock graphics card the first time its dope, but for a year or 2 the preformance will be all sluggish and burn out.

That is why you need ALOT of cool air around your graphics card if you decide your overclocking it. I have 2 fans around my graphics card 1 from the graphics card + heatsink, and one from the side of the case fan.

Many companies and computer stores are strict when returning overclocked video cards, its not in there Terms of Agreement / Warranty. Hope they don&#39;t notice that you overclocked your graphics card.

Good luck ;) .
again, they have no way of knowing he overclocked it.

[adamp2p]

Hey, if newegg takes it back, you are stoked&#33; However, if you happened to remove the that strange thermal pad that came with all 9700 Pro&#39;s, they just might notice. I surely would hope that you can get either your money back or a 9800 Pro&#33;

:)

[bigdawgfoxx]

I didnt remove anything or get the heatsink off or tamper with the car much...so I think it will be ok...I just dont know if I RMA it after 3 months or take it back to the oem

[GrubMe]

I know, I know ;) .