Just Fried My $549 card

[OCGuy]

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.

 

[Zebo]

That sucks bt I wreck shit all the time. No biggie. One time I sold a motorcycle put $2000 cash on seat and driving down 91 hwy in my 59 vette and money blew out. Oh well. Shit happens.

 

[BallaTheFeared]

So glad I stopped drinking, nothing good ever came of it

 

[sandorski]

 

[aaksheytalwar]

If you want to buy a new card, 680/670 are very strong competitors and 670 is more VFM.

 

[MooMooCow]

Couldn't you clean off the drops and try to get an RMA? It might be worth a shot? :\

 

[Jaydip]

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.

Actually the only thing u lost is two drops of beer Sorry for the loss man,next time grab a straw while drinking beer .What are u planning to get anyway?

 

[ViRGE]

My condolences.

If the card really is dead then there's nothing you can really salvage. The HSF would still be in working condition, but unless this is a custom card with a unique HSF then it has no value separated from the card.

 

[Xcobra]

That sucks. It's a good opportunity to get a 670 though B)

 

[Plimogz]

So sad. Such a nice card, and so young too.

And had you known it would be going out so soon and in such a fashion, imagine all the guilt-free, completely irresponsible hard voltmodding you could of done.

Oh well. Just consider that life is a valley of woe filled with pain, misery, hunger and despair.

 

[Silverforce11]

RMA.

It's their fault for not making the card beer-proof... how weak is that, in the 21st century we have to put up with stuff like that.

 

[aaksheytalwar]

RMA.

It's their fault for not making the card beer-proof... how weak is that, in the 21st century we have to put up with stuff like that.

Physical damage isn't covered in RMA.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

Physical damage isn't covered in RMA.

thank God I'm a teen

 

[Jaydip]

Physical damage isn't covered in RMA.

It was a joke

 

[Zanovar]

Ouch, that sucks

 

[tornadog]

Physical damage isn't covered in RMA.

I thought we were talking about video cards not people!!!

 

[heymrdj]

Depending on your terms of home owners insurance you may be able to file it under that..just sayin.

 

[SickBeast]

I feel bad for you, OP.

If it makes you feel any better my wife spilled miso soup onto my motherboard about a month ago. I was tinkering inside my case and she walked by with the soup and it slipped.

So my Phenom II X4 setup died.

 

[Soundmanred]

Just tweakboy it and RMA it.

 

[maddie]

So glad I stopped drinking, nothing good ever came of it

You weren't doing it right.

 

[Don Karnage]

RMA it

 

[Lepton87]

I had something similar happen to my 4890 but instead of beer it was a wire clip that dropped from CPU heatsink. I RMAed it and two weeks later the same card came in working condition. So unless you want to be anally "fair" you will probably receive a replacement or have it repaired.

 

[TakeNoPrisoners]

I would try to RMA it. You never know.

 

[dust]

Just admit it, you deliberately spilt your beer on the card to get a 680gtx instead.
How else could you have rationalized the purchase?

 

[Leyawiin]

I ruined a PC once being clumsy - knocked over a glass of ice water on my desk and it poured right into the top fan hole and fried the motherboard.