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OH NO SHIT WTF DID I DO!!!!

BalterBalter Member Posts: 1,015
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I was doing an ATitool Max mem and core whatever test.

Look what happened to my vid card, now they wont take it back or what cause isnt overclocking voiding warranty?

i didnt even overclock yet i was doing the tesy thingy.

HELP omfg im in so much shit.

I got green lines all over my screen now noooo

a restart didnt even fix it ill try to post scrshots nooooo.

My build: Sapphire Radeon HD 4850, Asus P5GC-MX/1333 Motherboard, 4gb G.SKILL DDR2 667MHz RAM, Core 2 Duo e7200 CPU, 250gb Western Digital SATA Harddrive, Windows Vista Home Basic 64-bit.
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  • grimweepergrimweeper Member Posts: 2,047
    well you didnt void your warenty YET thats all that matters right? and who says they have to find out about you overclocking theres always a way out of things. just tell them your a harcore gamer with a low budget and it broke while playing something.

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  • BalterBalter Member Posts: 1,015

    omg i'm kind of worried.

    Thank god i have integrated i can enable so my parents wont find out for now.

    Should ATitool do that to my card while its testing?

    thing is i just got it today and also should i send ti to them to fix it or take it back for the second time to the guy i bought it from at the store in milton?

    I'm confused is there any way they could find out i tried to (not even yet) overclock it?

    And wont they know that i tried testing an overclock?

     

     

     

     

    My build: Sapphire Radeon HD 4850, Asus P5GC-MX/1333 Motherboard, 4gb G.SKILL DDR2 667MHz RAM, Core 2 Duo e7200 CPU, 250gb Western Digital SATA Harddrive, Windows Vista Home Basic 64-bit.
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  • BalterBalter Member Posts: 1,015

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    My build: Sapphire Radeon HD 4850, Asus P5GC-MX/1333 Motherboard, 4gb G.SKILL DDR2 667MHz RAM, Core 2 Duo e7200 CPU, 250gb Western Digital SATA Harddrive, Windows Vista Home Basic 64-bit.
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  • BalterBalter Member Posts: 1,015

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    My build: Sapphire Radeon HD 4850, Asus P5GC-MX/1333 Motherboard, 4gb G.SKILL DDR2 667MHz RAM, Core 2 Duo e7200 CPU, 250gb Western Digital SATA Harddrive, Windows Vista Home Basic 64-bit.
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  • LordMagnusLordMagnus Member CommonPosts: 1,322

    Try to return it. They should take it back unless they somehow have a way of finding out.

  • LordMagnusLordMagnus Member CommonPosts: 1,322

    Oh and nice lineage 2 private server ya got there. ::::20::

  • BalterBalter Member Posts: 1,015

    i printscreeed and saved it before i rebooted and removed the 9550 and enabled onboard.

    So what you see in the viewer is what it looked like with the 9550.

    Damn so what do i do call powercolor and tell them i was gaming and all of a sudden i got green lines?

    I only also have a 250 watt PSU and the card needs a 300 watt thats something else they might hold against me.

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    My build: Sapphire Radeon HD 4850, Asus P5GC-MX/1333 Motherboard, 4gb G.SKILL DDR2 667MHz RAM, Core 2 Duo e7200 CPU, 250gb Western Digital SATA Harddrive, Windows Vista Home Basic 64-bit.
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  • BalterBalter Member Posts: 1,015

    Return it to where?

    powercolor (send it to them)?

    or bring it back to the shop i got it at and tell them it fukked up first day?

     

    My build: Sapphire Radeon HD 4850, Asus P5GC-MX/1333 Motherboard, 4gb G.SKILL DDR2 667MHz RAM, Core 2 Duo e7200 CPU, 250gb Western Digital SATA Harddrive, Windows Vista Home Basic 64-bit.
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  • Stuka1000Stuka1000 Member UncommonPosts: 955

    Just take it back.  Don't tell them what you did and don't tell them that your psu is too small.  The shop will have no way to check if the thing has been overclocked so no worries, just tell them that it throws green lines onto the screen and the most they will do is maybe stick it on a test board to have a look.  To be honest I don't think that they will bother.

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  • Stuka1000Stuka1000 Member UncommonPosts: 955
    Heh just noticed the L2 shortcut, hide that mate if you are posting screenies image
  • FilipinoFuryFilipinoFury Member Posts: 1,056
    It is really odd how you are the only one comeeasyouare that is having any serious graphic and or PSU problems lol you just have bad luck around computers.Yea do what everybody else is saying just take it back and just say right after you installed it was putting green lines anywhere and everywhere.Why are you using IE I am forced to use it because I cant view this site through Firefox.It wont let me for some odd reason.Dont use IE if at all possible.Im sure im getting some trojan or worm or virus right about just typing this. I really should stop well Wensday is FILIPINO FURY DAY SO TAKE IT EASY. 

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  • BalterBalter Member Posts: 1,015

    Ok so i just walk in and say the second i plugged it in it did that?

    theres no way it would come with green lines

    or do i tell him it did that after it was on gaming on bf2 for a while?

    My build: Sapphire Radeon HD 4850, Asus P5GC-MX/1333 Motherboard, 4gb G.SKILL DDR2 667MHz RAM, Core 2 Duo e7200 CPU, 250gb Western Digital SATA Harddrive, Windows Vista Home Basic 64-bit.
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  • BalterBalter Member Posts: 1,015
    Cause what if he discovers that a thing is burnt out or whatever that shows heavy use and i tell him it broke right when i was installing it?

    My build: Sapphire Radeon HD 4850, Asus P5GC-MX/1333 Motherboard, 4gb G.SKILL DDR2 667MHz RAM, Core 2 Duo e7200 CPU, 250gb Western Digital SATA Harddrive, Windows Vista Home Basic 64-bit.
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  • Stuka1000Stuka1000 Member UncommonPosts: 955
    Tell him it was like that from the start, the gpu isn't burned out and there will be no visible signs.  Stop worrying image
  • BalterBalter Member Posts: 1,015

    Ok so what do i do.

    Please explain your opinion.

     

    My build: Sapphire Radeon HD 4850, Asus P5GC-MX/1333 Motherboard, 4gb G.SKILL DDR2 667MHz RAM, Core 2 Duo e7200 CPU, 250gb Western Digital SATA Harddrive, Windows Vista Home Basic 64-bit.
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  • PwningStickPwningStick Member Posts: 2

    You GPU is corrupted, that's what is causing the lines. It can happen to any GPU but VERY rarely right after you bought it. You gotta remeber cards go threw alot of testing before being shipped off somewhere. If you just bought the card i would tell him you have no idea what happened to it or try and come up some story ::::02::

  • BalterBalter Member Posts: 1,015

    How about this?

    I was playing battlefield 2 for 3 or 4 hours.

    I went downstairs to watch some tv but left it on because i was waiting for the round to finish.

    when i came back up say an hour later it was still running BF2 but it was like that with the lines.

    And would that problem in the pictures leave any physical evidence?

    it didnt look like it on the card but i'm no expert.

    My build: Sapphire Radeon HD 4850, Asus P5GC-MX/1333 Motherboard, 4gb G.SKILL DDR2 667MHz RAM, Core 2 Duo e7200 CPU, 250gb Western Digital SATA Harddrive, Windows Vista Home Basic 64-bit.
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  • grimweepergrimweeper Member Posts: 2,047
    dont worry when i bought my nvidia 6600 gt it had purple lines 5 times worse than that and i didnt even run anything it was just messed up from the beginning so theyll take it back no problem.

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  • dsorrentdsorrent Member CommonPosts: 1,627

    If you didn't alter the voltage on the card, then you probably didn't fry it. The only thing you can try before returning it, is flashing the bios with the stock BIOS.

    Due to your freaking out here and posting, I'm assuming you didn't take my advice and read the OC Forums at all.


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  • BalterBalter Member Posts: 1,015

    i did but i didnt think it was overclocking it.

    I thought Ati tool was just doing a test to see the max core and mem.

    My build: Sapphire Radeon HD 4850, Asus P5GC-MX/1333 Motherboard, 4gb G.SKILL DDR2 667MHz RAM, Core 2 Duo e7200 CPU, 250gb Western Digital SATA Harddrive, Windows Vista Home Basic 64-bit.
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  • FilipinoFuryFilipinoFury Member Posts: 1,056

    You probaly OC'ed it to much that you have permanet Artifacts on your screen now.You did it probaly with out realizing it.

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  • BalterBalter Member Posts: 1,015

    Awww.

    That card must suck and be very unstable it didnt even get past i think it was around 300.

    My build: Sapphire Radeon HD 4850, Asus P5GC-MX/1333 Motherboard, 4gb G.SKILL DDR2 667MHz RAM, Core 2 Duo e7200 CPU, 250gb Western Digital SATA Harddrive, Windows Vista Home Basic 64-bit.
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  • BalterBalter Member Posts: 1,015

    Can someone please post some shots or videos of how theyre edges look on different games on the computer?

    thanks

    My build: Sapphire Radeon HD 4850, Asus P5GC-MX/1333 Motherboard, 4gb G.SKILL DDR2 667MHz RAM, Core 2 Duo e7200 CPU, 250gb Western Digital SATA Harddrive, Windows Vista Home Basic 64-bit.
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  • grimweepergrimweeper Member Posts: 2,047

    how much did you get your you card to exactly before it started leaving those green marks.

    it must be pretty bad becouse my default for ati tool is       425 core           432 memory

    i can get you a screeny of the 3d view in ati tool since i dont take many screenshots during games if you want

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  • BalterBalter Member Posts: 1,015
    As long as i can see your edges that's cool.

    My build: Sapphire Radeon HD 4850, Asus P5GC-MX/1333 Motherboard, 4gb G.SKILL DDR2 667MHz RAM, Core 2 Duo e7200 CPU, 250gb Western Digital SATA Harddrive, Windows Vista Home Basic 64-bit.
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