Laststop Posted November 2, 2012 Posted November 2, 2012 So yea i messed up put the voltage too high and destroyed the card. It was going along fine then all the sudden a million colors exploded all over the screen like i was tripping on lsd. Is there any way I can make this look like a normal warranty accepted problem? I'm gonna be so pissed off if I just lost 1000 dolllars Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroFight Posted November 2, 2012 Posted November 2, 2012 (edited) Put a smiley face at the end of the RMA form? Seriously, it makes the application more personal, worked for me, although admittedly I was RMAing a $30 card instead of a $1,000 card... In all seriousness, if we cut to the chase, overclocking is dangerous. Overvolting in particular. Yeah sure some companies turn a blind eye to an extent, but I think it's probably going a bit to far in this case blaming it on the company. I appreciate it's frustrating when a component goes bang but in reality if you overclock, you run that risk I'm afraid. With regards to making it look like a standard warranty applicable RMA, it depends on the component that's gone. If it's the VRM for example, you could (possibly) claim it to be a power issue, but the RMA department aren't stupid. If they look at the card and see you've been overvolting they'll reject your RMA. Edited November 2, 2012 by EuroFight Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muchoman1 Posted November 2, 2012 Posted November 2, 2012 ehh, voltage control on a 690? what program by? Where did you buy it from? Small stores cannot do much testing, and some small local stores handle replacements directly, so you might be lucky Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyt Posted November 2, 2012 Posted November 2, 2012 Did you try restarting ? Maybe it was just a driver crash Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpikeSoprano Posted November 2, 2012 Posted November 2, 2012 About the only thing you can do is say it just quit working and hope they don't figure out it was overvolted, they may just replace the card, as someone pointed out it has a lot to do with where you bought it. Good luck .! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wevsspot Posted November 2, 2012 Posted November 2, 2012 Where you just doing software over-volting? No BIOS or hardware volting mods? I'll try and stay nice here and not go into my familiar tirade of "you did it" so "you own it". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroFight Posted November 2, 2012 Posted November 2, 2012 (edited) @wevsspot does that mean I stole your job Edited November 2, 2012 by EuroFight Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wevsspot Posted November 2, 2012 Posted November 2, 2012 Sure. Why not. I mean I feel for the OP, I really really do. But at some point (in my book any way) you gotta quit pushing voltage through your gear if you're not willing to accept the consequences (and financial responsibility) for permanently breaking something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroFight Posted November 2, 2012 Posted November 2, 2012 In my opinion, you overclock, you run the risk. I have my stuff overclocked, but not insanely, and if I did ruin it, I'd kick myself for being an idiot, but I wouldn't try and blame it on somebody else, why should they pay for me making a mistake? It's not their responsibility. Having said that, I know how . you feel when an expensive piece of kit goes bang, although I myself have never blown $1k like that, you always think "Now if I had just left that like it was everything would be fine" but hey you live and learn, I bet the OP won't be ramping up the voltage like that again...for a while anyway. I have to say though most of us here are overclockers, we want the best out of our systems and will push it to the limit. I feel bad for what's happened for him, and I hope he can work things out, I'm just not sure RMA would be the best course of action. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wevsspot Posted November 2, 2012 Posted November 2, 2012 Before I consider overclocking anything - I always take into account my tolerance for the loss of my hard earned money if I break it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coors Posted November 2, 2012 Posted November 2, 2012 Thats why I just buy the pre-overclocked model for like $10 more. Well that and i'm just too lazy anymore to bother with stress testing different settings with 20 programs and games and then you come across one game that doesn't like the overclock and then you have to back off a little. Thats work. I'd rather be playing with it then working on it lol. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted November 2, 2012 Posted November 2, 2012 Before I consider overclocking anything - I always take into account my tolerance for the loss of my hard earned money if I break it. This. Whenever I overclock I always have the replacement cost in the back of my mind. It keeps me from doing stupid things (usually). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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