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« on: August 21, 2003, 12:53:50 pm »

Playing Black Hawk Down in the wee hours of this morning and screen turns totally green. WTF Huh??
Leave the game and everything seems to be ok. Back into game. Instant Green screen. Figure new drivers were causing problems so leave game to re-install drivers( 45.23 ).
Desktop has colored bands across it now.
Re-install..same screwed-up screen.

Put ti-4600 back in and everything is fine. Uh-oh..............
Put 5900 in...Black screen..nada..zip.


Card must be returned to MANUFACTURER ..not where I bought it.
Called Albatron a few ago. Yup. ......

" Here's your RMA number..."
"Please be advised that the turnaround time is anywhere between 2 to 10 weeks"


But wait it gets BETTER... found out ( by reading CLOSER this time to the ad where I bought it..

Engine clock : 410 MHZ   ( Ultra is 450.. albatron now calls theirs a TURBO since they are running it at lower clock speeds )
Call where I bought it....they have already changed the ad to read TURBO not ULTRA because of other callers.....

I can tell today is going to be one of those days ......


LMMFAO : allstarshop just called me to give me THEIR RMA number. Seems they are having a change of heart and letting me swap it out ( after they test it ).

God is just screwing with me now........


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Just found this : EXACTLY what mine is doing !!!!
http://discuss.futuremark.com/forum/showflat.pl?Board=techdisplayadapters&Number=2683618
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« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2003, 07:21:52 pm »

I have been through the wringer with video cards. . .that is how I came to learn that paying a little more can be nice. . . newegg will always give very hassle free rma's.They aren't the cheapest. . but they are better than average. . and their service is top notch.They dont have any for 407 out the door. . but for 40 bucks more I think you can get one. IT might just be that I had really bad luck. . but if I had bought from another company, the 3 times I had a bad card I would have been exceptionally more pissed than I was!!!www.newegg.comS!TX-EcoDragonBlack 1TX Squadron XO
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