If the video card company chooses to accept an RMA when a customer spills beer on the card during operation, I would say this is a ridiculous business practice, and as an investor in a company I would not want such damages to be eaten by the company or passed on to other consumers.
The burden of the explanation is on you, the customer, to tell the company under what operating conditions the card failed. So no, there is no circumstance in which it is 'okay' to just send a card in that you have spilled beer on and in any case allow the company to presume that the card failed through no fault on the user's part.
There is nothing to lose by RMA'ing (as a customer in isolation) while providing an honest explanation. Nothing in my first post denied that. If the video card company chooses to accept an RMA when a customer spills beer on the card during operation, I would say this is a ridiculous business practice, and as an investor in a company I would not want such damages to be eaten by the company or passed on to other consumers.
You haven't defined 'within reason'. You seem to be agreeing with myself, Idontcare and others who are saying that honest, fully disclosed RMA is the way to go.
It was $600 at one point if you include tax and shipping :/
Long story short....was playing around with my rig and left the side off of the case....then knocked over my beer tonight and a couple drops landed on the 7970.
On the bright side I have a legitimate excuse to tell my lady for going out and blowing $600 on another card, but is anything on this salvageable?
It was literally two drops on the underside of the card. The whole comp didnt short, it was just a brown screen. Luckily I hadnt sold one of my old 5850s so I swapped them out....
Moral of the story: Drinking and gaming don't mix. And leave your damn case together.
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Your beer holder has arrived
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I like it!
I am going to do the alcohol thing today as a couple suggested, thanks, I hadnt thought of that.
I won't RMA it, and if I do, I will disclose what happened like IDC and just take the chance they deny it. I have come down on people for suggesting RMA fraud before, I can't change my mind now just because it is affecting me personally. :/
And the beer was Sierra Nevada. The go-to California Pale Ale at big chain stores that carry mostly Bud Miller Coors.
The only question at this point is "2 670s, 2 7950s, or a 680"
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.