Preacher August 31, 2009 Share Preacher Member August 31, 2009 Well last night after spending over an hour and a half running wires into the family room I went to hook my PC up to the TV so we could watch movies and stuff from the PC to the TV without moving the PC into the room, I went to plug my cable into the TV-IN on the back of my mom's old 32" Sanyo TV when I saw a lovely little arc of electricity go from the TV to the cable connector. Needless to say when I powered on the PC the fan on my Visiontech ATI 4870 went to full speed like it always does at start-up but never slowed and no longer produces a picture. I do have the benefit of using a micro-atx mobo so I had on-board video to use, but I still wanted to weep like a lost child. Here is my question, does anyone have an extremely cheap or free card I might be able to buy/trade for. I would like to be able to play STALKER. The very best my PC's on-board graphics will do is CS:S and it sucks lol. For those who don't know, I'm in a "transitional" period in my life right now since my wife took off and left me and the kids with no explanation. I just moved again and am currently unable to work in ministry do to my personal garbage that I'm dealing with and having done nothing but ministry for the last 9 years leaves me with mostly unmarketable job history. Plus the economic climate in St. Louis here is not real conducive to finding quick gainful employment. Ok so I'm begging lol, so if you can hook a brotha up I'd be more than grateful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lousiest August 31, 2009 Share lousiest Member August 31, 2009 Sorry to hear that Does the card have to be ATI? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preacher August 31, 2009 Author Share Preacher Member August 31, 2009 PCI-E is really the only requirement. I never knew how much the new video cards did lol. I think the last time my PC ran like this in a newer game, I had the ATI AIW 7500 and I tried to play Soldier of Fortune 2 lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lousiest August 31, 2009 Share lousiest Member August 31, 2009 Preach, you on Steam? Or check your inbox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFirstMonk August 31, 2009 Share TheFirstMonk Member August 31, 2009 Sorry to hear about your personal troubles, Preacher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preacher August 31, 2009 Author Share Preacher Member August 31, 2009 We have stuff we go through, pray for my kids, they're taking it hard. I am too, but it's easier for me. Thanks Lousiest, my hero! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lousiest August 31, 2009 Share lousiest Member August 31, 2009 Don't mention it, buddy. Hope all goes well with you and the kids too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedah August 31, 2009 Share Sedah Member August 31, 2009 do ati's not have lifetime warranty? whats exactly wrong with it? does it not boot up at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preacher August 31, 2009 Author Share Preacher Member August 31, 2009 The warranty is only good for original purchaser (requires copy of invoice) and is only a 2 year for Visiontech. I've had it a year and it belonged to my friend Lee for about as long if I recall. I've tried to get in touch with him for an RMA but to no avail so far. I actually think it's too old anyway though so it's out of warranty. The card does not boot at all. The fan runs but I'm guessing it's fried because I literally saw the spark and when I touched the TV-IN with my finger it was hot (110 electricity not temp) I am guessing my mobo and port was spared though since the PC boots no problem using the on-board video and the fan was still running on the 4870. Problem is solved though thanks to Lousiest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedah August 31, 2009 Share Sedah Member August 31, 2009 ah nice, go Lousiest! Blue Ribbon for u! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroDamage August 31, 2009 Share ZeroDamage Member August 31, 2009 The card was purchased from NewEgg a little over a year ago. I will call or email or whatever is best with Visiontek today and see what they can do. I may need for you to ship the card back to me but I will let you know when I figure it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boiler August 31, 2009 Share boiler Member August 31, 2009 The card was purchased from NewEgg a little over a year ago. I will call or email or whatever is best with Visiontek today and see what they can do. I may need for you to ship the card back to me but I will let you know when I figure it out. sounds like preach has a decent RMA plan to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroDamage August 31, 2009 Share ZeroDamage Member August 31, 2009 According to Visiontek's website, the warranty is lifetime. What I need right now is the serial number. Get that to me asap Preacher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preacher September 1, 2009 Author Share Preacher Member September 1, 2009 ZD informed me it was only a one year after he did the inquiry, but we're still trying to get it through anyway. If it doesn't go Lousiest has offered to hook me up way better than I would have expected. Gamers have much bigger hearts than Nuns. They could take some fashion tips from those nuns though, snappy dressers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedah September 1, 2009 Share Sedah Member September 1, 2009 ZD informed me it was only a one year after he did the inquiry, but we're still trying to get it through anyway. If it doesn't go Lousiest has offered to hook me up way better than I would have expected. Gamers have much bigger hearts than Nuns. They could take some fashion tips from those nuns though, snappy dressers! oooOoo so thats where lousiest gpu is goin too, nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Preacher September 3, 2009 Author Share Preacher Member September 3, 2009 Today was special, I got an email back from visiontek (buy evga) saying that the card has a 1 year warranty and that the purchase date excludes me. An hour later I went to play a song and the sound was cutting in and out. I reached to the back of my PC to see if the speaker cable was all the way plugged in and was electrocuted by a melted soundcard. The PC is now a paperweight, not sure what exactly happened but I'm guessing the board and the usb sound card fried along with the video card, but decided to wait so it would be more dramatic and traumatic. It also turned my G5 mouse into a brick on a string. Luckily I have an old Acer lappy that I can surf the net with, but even CS blows on this lol. I'm not daft enough to beg for a whole PC but wanted to publicly thank Lousiest.gc for being willing to pass on a video card to me that is worth a bunch still. You're a great guy. When I find a job I'll try to drop in and play more, for now I'm stuck with the boards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroDamage September 3, 2009 Share ZeroDamage Member September 3, 2009 Today was special, I got an email back from visiontek (buy evga) saying that the card has a 1 year warranty and that the purchase date excludes me. An hour later I went to play a song and the sound was cutting in and out. I reached to the back of my PC to see if the speaker cable was all the way plugged in and was electrocuted by a melted soundcard. The PC is now a paperweight, not sure what exactly happened but I'm guessing the board and the usb sound card fried along with the video card, but decided to wait so it would be more dramatic and traumatic. It also turned my G5 mouse into a brick on a string. Luckily I have an old Acer lappy that I can surf the net with, but even CS blows on this lol. I'm not daft enough to beg for a whole PC but wanted to publicly thank Lousiest.gc for being willing to pass on a video card to me that is worth a bunch still. You're a great guy. When I find a job I'll try to drop in and play more, for now I'm stuck with the boards. No. According to Visiontek's website, that video card has a lifetime warranty. The website does say the original purchaser so just pack up the card and send it to me if they are going to be aholes about it. http://support.visiontek.com/warranty/limited_warranty.html It is one of the reasons I bought the card from them is the lifetime warranty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lousiest September 3, 2009 Share lousiest Member September 3, 2009 Owwww Preach... That's just insanely unfortunate Are any of the parts still under warranty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedah September 3, 2009 Share Sedah Member September 3, 2009 No. According to Visiontek's website, that video card has a lifetime warranty. The website does say the original purchaser so just pack up the card and send it to me if they are going to be aholes about it. http://support.visio...d_warranty.html ouch, preach no good in doin that rma if the whole board/comp is fried...weird how a SC can do that to the whole rig...lets hope your parts are all under warranty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preacher September 4, 2009 Author Share Preacher Member September 4, 2009 I think some things will have survived. Hard drives, RAM(maybe), fans, screws and I think the dust is pretty much intact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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