Is my card dead?

[lb19984]

I have an all in wonder 9800pro I overclocked it by about 20 mhz a month ago kept it for about a week and brang it back to stock
A month later I get all the sighns of an over overclock
is my card dead?
I reinstalled os and drivers I only pushed the card to xt speeds

Also is my warranty voided if I change the thermal paste
Thanks




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[folken]

If the card is running at stock speeds and the motherboard agp settings are default (66mhz, 1.5v) and you are getting artifacts then it is likly that the ram on your vid card is hosed, time for rma. It may not be because of your oc though. My little bro had 2 Ti4400s tweak out on him and he never oced. We later found out the motherboard was killin the video card, I guess it couldn't supply the power demands or something. I doubt that would be your prob though.
I guess you could try upping the agp voltage to 1.6, just to see if it needs more power.

Changing thermal paste technically would void the warranty because of tampering or something but if you don't mention it they won't notice. As long as it looks the same as when you got it it is fine. I've rmaed many a video card that was modified in more ways than just a thermal paste change.

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[folken]

I just saw ur pics and I must make a suggestion. Move that sub as far away from ur comp as possible. Sub + Comp = dead comp.
I have the same sound system as you and the guy I bought it from had it in a simmilar setup to you. He killed all his hard drives and his motherboard. I know for sure it will cause hard drive death but I guess the magnets in it are strong enough to kill electronics too. I guess it is possible your vid card was hosed by it.

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[Vapor]

I'm pretty sure your magnetic destruction of HDDs has been disproven 100+ times the past 10 years.

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[folken]

not necissarily magnetic but vibration. I think it is the heavy bass that reeks havoc on hds.

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[cefoskey]

all the sighns of an over overclock

Like what? You need to explain a bit more so that we can try to narrow it down.

Also is my warranty voided if I change the thermal paste

Flip a coin. Its up to ATI when they see your card. All the cards ive sent to ATI for RMA were accepted, even though i had changed heatisnks and returned to the original.

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[lb19984]

Thanks a lot everyone
I have artifacts and i also have thouse dots which would indicate a high core
I already tried upping the voltage nothing
Anyway i'll rma the card back
Its just that that stupid heatsink took me like 3 hours to get on
I moved my sub but i dought thats what killed the card
Also in atitool it doesnt find any artifacs
I only see them while runing a game or benchmark
strange Oh well
Thanks again everyone





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