Well, this SUCKS....

I managed to get a power supply to power my 6850.

This is what I find:

Took it to my IT teacher for testing. Exact same results and display, despite me having a VGA connection, and him using a DVI.

What can I do????

Rma?

Speak to Kayin - if you're quick he's in the TBCS chatroom...

1) RMA. Try that until it's a total failure.
2) Oven trick.
3) . . . talk to someone else. I'm out of advice.

Kayin recommended the oven trick to me.

And it's over a year old, no warranty.


But hey, I now have a Core 2 Quad 2.4 computer out of the deal.

what's the oven trick?

http://www.addictivetips.com/hardwar...aking-in-oven/

As for the "connectivity" errors on the first pic, it may have been I didn't hook up Ethernet properly.


*Wait a second; that's EXACTLY what was happening to my iMac G5!
(too bad I trashed up the motherboard :P)

OK, I have a q6600 that came from the computer I got the PSU from.


Should I keep the case and mobo, or upgrade to a DDR3 board?
My biggest concern is, the tower is a Gateway BTX.

D: D: D: D: >:(
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...43l2.4.1.1l8l0


So, it seems that it can handle only one VGA output at a time....
WHY?!?



So, do I need an active DP adapter, or just a passive?





Card is stripped, waiting for oven to be finished being used.




*But first, I'm going to try having onboard run the 2nd monitor, and having the GPU run the main.

That wallpaper is from Malware!

No, it's a .gif. That I put there.

That crashed.

*TGS, you wouldn't mind tossing one of your unused cards my direction, would you?

I have nothing I can give away till the end of the year......plus you'd have to get a bigger PSU to handle them

I got a 700W now..... :whistler:

Still on for that OCZ, OvRiDe.

I can't toss it, but i do have an xfx 6950 with double lifetime warranty if you're interested

Alright, I feel bad. I did give you this card as part of Satan Claus and it clearly doesn't work. If you can mail it back to me, I can get you another card. It won't be a 6850, but I should be able to get you one of these...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130625

Omega just got one of those, and he loves it

Was prepping it up for attempted reflow.....

Do you want me to try baking, or just send it to you without?

Put it back together! I have to mail it into AMD where I got it, to get a new one. If you bake it and they figure it out, I ain't getting anything back from them

OK, not done anything.
Getting it prepped up for shipping.

You have my addy? PM me yours again. I'll have Newegg ship it directly to you

I'm not really part of this conversation, but I just wanted to throw in, even from an outside view, you're a great guy TGS :D It's rare to come across people who give so much like you do, and even just from the side it's a great thing to experience :D

I've spent over $2K over these last few months on contests, what's another hundred?

I still have your addy and the box.

I'll get my addy to you in a PM soon.

Good, because I'm placing the order right now.

PM sent.

Order on the way

Now just make sure it doesn't get returned to sender. ;)

I just love the dynamic here. Sorry to be late to the party. Had you not beaten me TGS I have a flashed GTX 460 I can loan out also.

A 460 and a 550 together.... Hmmmm....

I got the card today.

It works like a charm.


Linux and removing CCC, however..... grrr....

I'm working on getting the card shipped back to you, TGS.
Just gotta find time to get to teh office.

Whenever....