problem with my winfast 6800gt

imaznumkay · 08-26-2005, 01:02 AM

..i bought this card along with my computer a month ago
and suddenly .... today its acting really weird all over the sudden

as u can see in the pictures....its really weird o.O

yah sometimes it would work fine to windows xp and just freeze right up after 1~5 minutes of usage

Rambo · 08-26-2005, 01:04 AM

That is very strange... Is it getting sufficient cooling? How about a driver version update?

imaznumkay · 08-26-2005, 01:06 AM

dunno lol it locks up so bad if i get it into OS so i cant do a driver update...

its bad even in the BIOS post boot up o.O

called up Leadtek and they say it COULD be a manufacture defect

not pushin my luck with RMA since im havin a hurricane down here lol

more pics...

34erd · 08-26-2005, 02:46 AM

Check for dust. My computers graphic card had an 1/16 of an inch of dust on it and I'm surprised it still worked, might be problem with yours but I dont know I'm not exactly an expert.

Oh and do you have a radeon card bcause someone else and my cousin were having problems similar to yours. Probably just a concidence but I'm curious.

Oh DOH I should have read the title lol

Hairy_Lee · 08-26-2005, 03:17 AM

my opinion would be that your card is faulty. i dont think dust is the problem cos nvidia cards use a lower clock speed when in 2d mode (i.e. the bios etc).

considering you haven't had the card long i would send it back for a replacement

1337cshacker · 08-26-2005, 06:17 AM

its not heat, defective memory. case closed. RMA.

**Archangel** · 08-26-2005, 12:08 PM

well... im not shure if its damaged memory.. did the card always acted like this? if not, when did it start?

imaznumkay · 08-26-2005, 04:32 PM

just started doing this yesterday....i didnt do anything o.O

its only been a month

**Praetor** · 08-26-2005, 04:45 PM

Looks like possibly a (or some) of the RAM sinks might have gotten loose? In either case this is a definite case for RMAing .. if you want to minimize damage for the time bieng, grab http://www.guru3d.com/rivatuner/ and underclock your machine to like 250Mhz core, 400 memory as a start

mrjack · 08-26-2005, 07:40 PM

I think it looks like it's overheating a bit....

08-26-2005, 01:02 AM	#1 (permalink)
imaznumkay New Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 8	problem with my winfast 6800gt ..i bought this card along with my computer a month ago and suddenly .... today its acting really weird all over the sudden as u can see in the pictures....its really weird o.O yah sometimes it would work fine to windows xp and just freeze right up after 1~5 minutes of usage

08-26-2005, 01:04 AM	#2 (permalink)
Rambo Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 3,838	That is very strange... Is it getting sufficient cooling? How about a driver version update? __________________ "75% of all statistics are made up, including this one. 62.481% of people who read that believe it is true. *And if you're one of the 37.519% who don't, copy and paste this into your signature." -* tlarkin, Cromewell, and Rambo.

08-26-2005, 02:46 AM	#4 (permalink)
34erd Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 15 Posts: 2,842	Check for dust. My computers graphic card had an 1/16 of an inch of dust on it and I'm surprised it still worked, might be problem with yours but I dont know I'm not exactly an expert. Oh and do you have a radeon card bcause someone else and my cousin were having problems similar to yours. Probably just a concidence but I'm curious. Oh DOH I should have read the title lol __________________ DFI Lanparty UT nF4 SLI DR Athlon 64 3500+ Venice 1 Gig OCZ VX DDR500 DDR BFG GeForce 7800GT 160 Gig SATA HDD CD-RW DVD-ROM Antec NeoPower 480 Thermaltake Tsunami Last edited by 34erd; 08-26-2005 at 02:51 AM.

08-26-2005, 03:17 AM	#5 (permalink)
Hairy_Lee VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Plymouth, UK Age: 25 Posts: 2,553	my opinion would be that your card is faulty. i dont think dust is the problem cos nvidia cards use a lower clock speed when in 2d mode (i.e. the bios etc). considering you haven't had the card long i would send it back for a replacement __________________ Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 EVGA nForce 650i Ultra mainboard EVGA 7950 GT KO SC 512Mb w/ Zalman VF-900Cu 2Gb of OCZ GOLD XTC SPECIAL OPS Eition Notebook - Acer Aspire 9300 - Turion TL-60/ 2 Gb RAM/ Geforce Go 7600 128 Dedicated (400 Mb turbocache)

08-26-2005, 12:08 PM	#7 (permalink)
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08-26-2005, 01:06 AM	#3 (permalink)
imaznumkay New Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 8	dunno lol it locks up so bad if i get it into OS so i cant do a driver update... its bad even in the BIOS post boot up o.O called up Leadtek and they say it COULD be a manufacture defect not pushin my luck with RMA since im havin a hurricane down here lol more pics...

08-26-2005, 06:17 AM	#6 (permalink)
1337cshacker banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 53	its not heat, defective memory. case closed. RMA.

08-26-2005, 04:32 PM	#8 (permalink)
imaznumkay New Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 8	just started doing this yesterday....i didnt do anything o.O its only been a month

08-26-2005, 04:45 PM	#9 (permalink)
Praetor Administrator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Canada Age: 25 Posts: 19,954	Looks like possibly a (or some) of the RAM sinks might have gotten loose? In either case this is a definite case for RMAing .. if you want to minimize damage for the time bieng, grab http://www.guru3d.com/rivatuner/ and underclock your machine to like 250Mhz core, 400 memory as a start __________________ ASUS P5K Premium WiFi-AP, Q6600@3.7 / ASUS P5ND, E6400@3.8 4GB OCz Platinum XTC 8500 / 4GB CorsairXMS2 6400 5x500GB Seagate 7200.10 / 2x500 Seagate 7200.10 OCz 8800GTX 768MB @ 630/800 / 2x Galaxy 8800GT SLI

08-26-2005, 07:40 PM	#10 (permalink)
mrjack VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Finland Age: 17 Posts: 2,362	I think it looks like it's overheating a bit.... __________________ Main rig: Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 @ 3GHz \| MSI P7N Zilent 2x2048Mb OCZ Titanium 800MHz DDR2 Samsung Spinpoint T166 320Gb SATAII Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250Gb SATAII Western Digital Caviar 500Gb SATAII MSI NX8800GT OC 512Mb @ 660MHz/950MHz Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio \| Antec Truepower Trio 550W

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