8800 GTS 640 crashing/blu/black/red screen

[jordan1989]

This seems to be an open and shut case. I am assuming it wasn't new, yes?

Then your card has been on the cookie sheet and you've been had. Sorry man, I hope that doesn't sound crappy but it's just a fact of Ebay. 99.9% of older Nvidia cards for sale on there (and specifically the hot 8 series) have been botched and sold off. I nearly got caught out but when mine died I sent him an email that really put the wind up him.

This look familiar yeah?

Do not pass go do not collect £200 ETC.

Your card is buggered. Basically some one has sold you a card that's taking its last breaths. My 280 did that ^^ for about a week before it totally clacked it. If you want confirmation of this then go into safe mode without a driver. If it works? then it's a part of your card that isn't functioning. When it tries to? see the above again.

If you can't get a refund then the cookie tray is the only resort you have left mate.

thats exactly what happens but with no pattern.

just took the heat-sink off the card and 2 of the thermal pads are missing and it was kaked with crappy thermal past to so im gona get a "refund" doubt i will though

 

[alienware]

Yup. We have a nice soft doughy cookie.

Sorry mate, it sucks. But, it could be worse could have been a 2 series and far more expensive.

The blocks were the last thing my 280 ever did. After that screen I could no longer boot into Windows with a driver.

 

[jordan1989]

so i guess there is no way out for me now.

might not be able to get a refund how i have cleaned off all the grease now !

never got get anything like that off ebay ever !

im just gona save for my new system

 

[alienware]

That's the thing when some one does something kind for people dude. A load of greedy wa**ers go off, bake their cards and then go around skanking people.

Personally I have a conscience and could NEVER sell something on as working that had died. You can rebake it (and do it properly) and that will probably work. Thing is a set of proper pads are going to cost you (and why that wa**er didn't replace them).

This is why when I did the how to on baking I didn't put in the specifics as I don't want to encourage aload of douchebags to go around ripping people off.

Have a read of this dude. Might be of some use hopefully.

http://forum.overclock3d.net/index.php?/topic/30477-aliens-guide-to-gpu-repair/

 

[jordan1989]

That's the thing when some one does something kind for people dude. A load of greedy wa**ers go off, bake their cards and then go around skanking people.

Personally I have a conscience and could NEVER sell something on as working that had died. You can rebake it (and do it properly) and that will probably work. Thing is a set of proper pads are going to cost you (and why that wa**er didn't replace them).

This is why when I did the how to on baking I didn't put in the specifics as I don't want to encourage aload of douchebags to go around ripping people off.

yeah true :/

i dont think im even gona spend a few quid on thermal pads and past for it just gona send it back as or just keep the damn thing for decoration lol

 

[alienware]

Haha. I physically broke my 8800 Ultra yesterday

It too had been baked when I swapped it with an Asus Xonar D2X. It was fine for about three weeks. Then one day I was playing Operation Anchorage in Fallout 3 and the machine made a loud buzzing sound and crashed to desktop. After that if I loaded ANYTHING that used the GPU it crashed immediately. Furmark, Crysis, everything.

I took the card apart and the thermal pad things described in my guide (linked) were all gone and he had simply used runny thermal paste to bridge the gaps

I rebaked it with weight on the important bits and it was fine, but then I had to remove the backsink to put it between my 5770s. Then the screws rounded off and I decided to use bigger ones (what a plum) and snapped the screw mounts off. So I have a nice trohpy on my shelf now

 

[jordan1989]

should make a forum on here for broken card art haha

 

[Meaple]

Mobo?

 

[jordan1989]

Mobo?

no its the card my 7600gt works fine in it just a dud card :/

 

[Rastalovich]

Alien's sucking on the correct nipple with this one.

Many of these cards can be rectified enough to do some simple desktop tasks, and if you're lucky, run a bench or 2, but put through the paces of a demanding game - forget it.

Usually the power section of the pcb has blown, it is repairable, but the problem has a knock-on effect with other components.

The number of cards we have here from Intel/Matrox/nVidia/AMD isn't really alarming, mostly they've been overpowered at some point and they're good for nothing more than an internet browsing pc or the fun bit - which is lab experiments... if you want some really gross smells.

Don't try anything at home !

 

[penryn1987]

This seems to be an open and shut case. I am assuming it wasn't new, yes?

Then your card has been on the cookie sheet and you've been had. Sorry man, I hope that doesn't sound crappy but it's just a fact of Ebay. 99.9% of older Nvidia cards for sale on there (and specifically the hot 8 series) have been botched and sold off. I nearly got caught out but when mine died I sent him an email that really put the wind up him.

This look familiar yeah?

Do not pass go do not collect £200 ETC.

Your card is buggered. Basically some one has sold you a card that's taking its last breaths. My 280 did that ^^ for about a week before it totally clacked it. If you want confirmation of this then go into safe mode without a driver. If it works? then it's a part of your card that isn't functioning. When it tries to? see the above again.

If you can't get a refund then the cookie tray is the only resort you have left mate.

in that case i have a 9600gso 384mb for sale ...

 

[icetronix]

Necro old threads much