Slaphappy July 11, 2005 Share Slaphappy Member July 11, 2005 So I was cleaning out the case put my 9800 pro back in and plugging it in when i feel something snap. On of the tiny heatsinks on it broke off pulling the chip with it. I crossed my fingers turned it on and...ya it's dead. So i'm trying to find enough money to get a X800 pro. I've been looking on newegg and all the cheep ones are PCI express. I DON'T HAVE PCI EXPRESS Assuming I have to get an agp one the cheepest is a Sapphire refebished one there is also a ATI refurb for a few bucks more. Why the heck are the agp cards so much more? Are they better than PCI express? but what really's got me scraching my head is the range in price for what I assume is the same card (just made my differn't folks) from 235 all the way to 299 for a x800 pro. (all prices found on newegg.com) whats with the big price jump. are there diffen't x800 pros? Last but not least. anyone see a prob with getting a refurbished card rather than a new one. I belive they have the same warrntee...i think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shep48 July 11, 2005 Share shep48 Member July 11, 2005 did u actually break the circuit board or just knock the heatsink or capacitor off the board?? I had a similar incident with a brand new ultra . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whudats July 11, 2005 Share whudats Member July 11, 2005 From my limited knowledge, I know that PCI-E is the way to go if you have the right motherboard. I have an x800 Pro AGP and love it, but, if I had the money and wanted to do it right, I would have just rebuilt the whole thing with a new MB w/ a PCI-E slot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaphappy July 11, 2005 Author Share Slaphappy Member July 11, 2005 ok take a look at this picture here 9800 pro notice the power connecter in the top right corner, to the left of that is a silver cylinder then to the left of that a little black heatsink. That black heatsink is on a chip. that chip (still attacted to the heatsink) is mostly off, it's still barly hanging on to the card but it's certainly not connected as it should be. As for going PCIE i just checked around and I can't find a motherboard that has PCIE and supports a XP bartron 2800+ that would mean new MB new processer and new vid card....I'll be lucky if I can come up with 250 for a vid card....So PCIE is out of the question now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shep48 July 11, 2005 Share shep48 Member July 11, 2005 u going to throw it away? send it to me Ill try to fix it and send it back to u. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shep48 July 11, 2005 Share shep48 Member July 11, 2005 heres the one I knocked off a brand new card right out of the box. I thought I was going to cry. but I fixed it and it works fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaphappy July 11, 2005 Author Share Slaphappy Member July 11, 2005 you going to FF by chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shep48 July 11, 2005 Share shep48 Member July 11, 2005 yes cant wait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaphappy July 11, 2005 Author Share Slaphappy Member July 11, 2005 I'll bring it with me then. in the mean time i'm running a geforce 440 in here...woo doggy. I can play the crap out of some doom 1 and orginal Half-life It's pwns at solitar too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brillow_Head July 11, 2005 Share Brillow_Head Member July 11, 2005 Everything on your board is surface mount. Take a close look at the pulled off chip and see if you ripped up any circuit traces. I have a feeling that what you pulled up was the "switcher" power regulator, hence the heat sink. If the traces and the pads are still in good condition then it can be easily fixes by someone with better than average soldering skills (shep or myself), but if the pads or traces are cut or torn...it would be next to impossible to fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaphappy July 11, 2005 Author Share Slaphappy Member July 11, 2005 looks like a clean break...looks fixable...but then again I know nothing of soldering. I'll see if I can get a pic of it posted up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preacher July 11, 2005 Share Preacher Member July 11, 2005 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...82E16814102492R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaphappy July 13, 2005 Author Share Slaphappy Member July 13, 2005 little out of the price range....I got rent coming up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preacher July 13, 2005 Share Preacher Member July 13, 2005 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...82E16814102295R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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