Just Fried My $549 card

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SlowSpyder

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What kind of beer was it? If it was a nice IPA or anything from Bell's Brewery, that may be the real tragedy here...
 

superccs

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My old 4870 survived having a kitten jump up on it, stand in the fan, and hide out in the case. No damage, just a couple minutes off my lifespan because of the horror.
 

tweakboy

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Depends on the beer content,, I know you can spill water and coolant on your video card. On the back and then just get cottons and dry it out,, leave it out in the sun for 2 hours.

Then give us the news. Im soo sorry about your card situation. Its tough, but after the 2 hours in the sun if that doesnt work then you have to RMA the card and get a temporary card until they send you replacement.... gl
 

tigersty1e

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dry it out and try the card again.

computer components are surprisingly strong against water shorts.
 

JBT

Lifer
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Seriously remove it from the system clean it with some 91% alcohol let it dry out and try it again.
 

titan131

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You're taking money away from a MULTI MILLION DOLLAR company Don, SHAME on you!

I'm kidding
Ultimately the cost gets past on to the consumers. Although one more RMA obviously isn't going to make much difference in the grand scheme of things.
 

Grooveriding

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Ultimately the cost gets past on to the consumers. Although one more RMA obviously isn't going to make much difference in the grand scheme of things.

Disagree. It's a cumulative affect with every fraudulent RMA creating the increased costs for us all.

This card may very well be fine with a good alcohol cleaning and letting it sit. Unless it continued to have power run through it after it got doused.

If it's dead I have two GTX 680s for $600 per, out of stock everywhere! But in stock here! I kid
 

blackened23

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Ultimately the cost gets past on to the consumers. Although one more RMA obviously isn't going to make much difference in the grand scheme of things.

True enough, I was just joking around. I've had a few GPU's die many years ago, and I just decided it was time to upgrade......
 

titan131

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Disagree. It's a cumulative affect with every fraudulent RMA creating the increased costs for us all.
If OCGuy RMA's his card, that will increase the number of RMA's that that company has to deal with by one. I said "one more RMA obviously isn't going to make much difference in the grand scheme of things." To me this is pretty freaking obvious. I don't really understand how you can disagree. Obviously lots of people RMAing their cards does have a cumulative affect, but does one RMA have a big effect, erm no.
 
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Don Karnage

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So you're ok with committing rma fraud for $550 dollars but in another thread you are better than everyone else for not wanting to sell something at a profit. Interesting.

Ripping off a billion dollar company = Acceptable
Ripping off fellow computer enthusiasts = Unacceptable

In case ANYONE is unfamiliar with our rules: if you seriously suggest RMAing a card that someone broke (or if you gloat on doing it with your own card), we have no problem showing your criminal ass the door. Encouraging fraud is something that will not be tolerated here
-ViRGE
 
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Grooveriding

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If OCGuy RMA's his card, that will increase the number of RMA's that that company has to deal with by one. I said "one more RMA obviously isn't going to make much difference in the grand scheme of things." To me this is pretty freaking obvious. I don't really understand how you can disagree. Obviously lots of people RMAing their cards does have a cumulative affect, but does one RMA have a big effect, erm no.

Dude, I get what you're saying. You could say that to any one of the people doing a fraudulent RMA though. The practice as a whole causes the problem and the practice takes place on a one by one basis.
 

titan131

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Dude, I get what you're saying. You could say that to any one of the people doing a fraudulent RMA though. The practice as a whole causes the problem and the practice takes place on a one by one basis.
Yeah, I get what you are saying too. It is a bad practice and it does push up the prices for everyone. But what I said was technically accurate, so I just thought I would point that out! =)
 

tigersty1e

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Ripping off a billion dollar company = Acceptable
Ripping off fellow computer enthusiasts = Unacceptable

not a fan of people ripping off anyone.

rip bfg.

rip evga lifetime warranty.

rip xfx double lifetime warranty.

these are not billion dollar companies making tons of profit. margins are very tight for these companies. most of nvidia's partners almost went through bankrupcty during fermi.

people like you that rip off these companies are ripping off your fellow computer enthusiasts.
 

Haserath

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I was wondering when somebody would point out an RMA would actually be stealing... It's not just stealing from the company either, because they still have to make money off of the consumers.

Sucks to hear about the card. A drinking driver= hang-over. At least you had a decent card as a backup.
 

Elfear

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not a fan of people ripping off anyone.

rip bfg.

rip evga lifetime warranty.

rip xfx double lifetime warranty.

these are not billion dollar companies making tons of profit. margins are very tight for these companies. most of nvidia's partners almost went through bankrupcty during fermi.

people like you that rip off these companies are ripping off your fellow computer enthusiasts.

+1

Besides that is your integrity really worth the price of a video card?
 

3DVagabond

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What's your deductible/excess on your home owners ins? If it's low enough it might be worthwhile to make a claim?
 

MustangSVT

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clean the card with alcohol. let it dry a day.

try it.

then bake it!

try it.

but most importantly, your wife is a very very understanding woman.
 
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