4870 DOA?

[madass]

Whenever I hit the power button on my machine, it takes 10-15 seconds for the beep sound to come, and there in no video signal-just a blackish-gray screen. Sometimes it simply doesnt POST at all, rather like a machine which has been OC'ed too far. Should I replace the GPU under warranty? It it linked to the grey areas which have started appearing on the PCB? It's barely 2 weeks old.
Model- XFX 4870 1GB, single slot, the one without a shroud.

 

[madass]

Just checking if this got closed, all my older threads got closed before getting a single reply.

 

[wa1]

PSU? what brand? model?

 

[madass]

PSU- Coolermaster Xtreme Power, 600 watt.

 

[wa1]

Your card has a 6pin power connector, right?
Have u connected it?
What about the temps?

A little advice, never buy a single slot card, it can pretty fast hot...

 

[madass]

Both 6 pins connected.
Temps- idle at 55-60, never over 65.
Load- Rainbow Six Vegas, 1024*768, 4x AA, 16x AF, 76, auto fan
Crysis- 1024*768, 4x AA, 16x AF, 78, 100% fan
GTAIV- 1024, high texture, highest render, 1024*768, 78 draw distance, everything else maxed out, 68.

 

[wa1]

try to reseated the ram, if u have more than one then u could try each of them one by one, see if anything is changes...
Your PSU and temps are good i think...

 

[madass]

Hmm...thats what the comp tech suggested. K, i'll try that.

 

[madass]

Seems to have worked. Also seems to be running slower.

 

[wa1]

it works when all of the ram are installed or just one of them? If u found anything strange then it's more likely your ram is in trouble...
Have another ram? friend's ram? try it on...

 

[madass]

Fixed.Put right one in left slot adn vice versa. Thanks for the help. Working like a dream now.

 

[wa1]

okay, glad to hear that...

 

[madass]

Thanks again dude