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I have just rememberd that the ati 5770 had a similar problem, and the card was faulty and eventually got refunded.

What i would do is to if possible take the graphics card out of your pc if it uses a seperate, card and not onboard and test that in the pc 1st.

Then if that works with no problem i would contact the company where he bought it from and find out how long the warranty is as iirc they should have about a 3 or 10 year warranty.

But it depends on where it was bought from as if it was of ebay you have a problem and would have to deal with ATI, and not the person on ebay.

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it might work with a reflow if the op wants to give it a go

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I'd need guidance m8. ;)

The base unit was bought complete from Novatech - called a Ricochet Pro. It's the 5th PC I've had from them- no probs at all before.

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you could try reasonable time arguement on Novatech

I am just having a bash at reflowing a 2900XT might work might not will et you know in about an hour and half lol

preheat oven to 200 degrees C. remove heatsink etc. Make 4 balls of tin foil around the same size and put on a baking sheet. Place GFX upside down on the balls so its level. Place in oven for 7 minutes. Remove from oven carefully and leave for an hour. Put back together and test.

The proper way is of course to use a heat gun lol

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Believe it or not it appears to have worked.

The card would not take a driver as soon as one was installed it blue screened the PC

I did the in oven reflow method and now it allows a driver install and I am now stress testing it with ATI tool and so far so good.

I will pst back in a bit after its been tested for an hour to report on if it dies or not

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get in touch with novatech and see what they say no harm in trying really is there.

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75 minutes fault free

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Nice one Zing.
:)

Julian - I'd still advise that you try talking to Novatech before baking the card. As a long-standing customer you may get lucky.

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I love workarounds like this. Reminds me of the old pencil line for unlocking the multiplier on the athlon XP CPUs.

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deffo I did say prior to the reflow full instructions to attempt to use the reasonable amount of time argument which is a clause in the sale of goods act :)

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yeah had to be graphite iirc lol when AMD closed that loop ( why cpu manufacturers do this anyway is beyond me) there was a little bracket you fitted over certain pins of the cpu to unlock it again iirc

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Sorry for not replying before - just been baking myself at Talacre.

I'll contact Novatech in the morning & see, otherwise baked Radeon is the dish of the day. :D

Thanks again for the replies. :tu:

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if you do decide to strip it down you will need some thermal compound for when you put the cooler back on .

If you need a bit I could post ya a smidge

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you will need the thermal paste which zing has said he can post you abit, but you will also need some thermal pads aswell for the graphics cards ram aswell, in case you damage any of it when you strip it down.

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ive never damaged any on any of the cards ive stripped. They have always come away clean from the ram for me

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Just a quick update... I contacted Novatech as suggested. They got me to return the card to them which they received yesterday.

This morning I got a phone call from them confirming a failed card.

They have ordered a relacement which will be with me FOC within a couple of weeks.

Thanks to all for your help and a big thanks to Novatech for excellent customer service. :D

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yeah have to say thats a very good result