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  1. 03-18-2009, 05:09 AM #1
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    O'niell will be gone for a bit...read inside

    Sooo....monday my house took a power hit. The power died for about a second or two. Not a big deal as my computer is UPS protected. Or so I thought. As it turns out, I don't think my UPS is in-line. This means that there is about a milli-second of cut over from commercial power to the battery. This doesn't even cause my monitor to blink, but it was evidently enough to send my GPU fan to kingdom-come. *sigh* This causes the GPU to heat to about 130 degrees Celsius(about 266 F) under load and consequently to drop my frame-rate in any game to 1 FPS until it cools. It stays fine for a min then heats back up again. Rinse and repeat. So my 8500GT (1Gb of VRAM) is non-op.

    There is a good bit of news to this. I bought the card from now one of my favorite video card makers. BFG. I have a lifetime warranty on the card. So, with any luck I should have a new card *soon* and be back up and runnin'. If you don't see me in-game for a while, you know that I'm not playing because I don't want to melt the card down.

    By the way, I LOVE BFG!!!
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    Re: O'niell will be gone for a bit...read inside

    Ahhh that stinks! Hope your back up and running soon!
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    Re: O'niell will be gone for a bit...read inside

    You will be missed O'Niell. I'm sure you will be back up soon enough!!
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    Re: O'niell will be gone for a bit...read inside

    I LOVE BFG. They helped me with a ton of problems when I installed my first card from them. Hopefully, you'll be up and running SOON

    read: cat=ID 10 T errors

    There was a long customer support wait, but they were extremely helpful.
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    Re: O'niell will be gone for a bit...read inside

    Good, I'm glad to hear it cat. I sent an e-mail last night asking for a RMA number and still haven't heard back, but I'm sure they will come. I'm just very happy there is a company giving a lifetime warranty on computer parts.
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    Re: O'niell will be gone for a bit...read inside

    Send the bill to the power company.....



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    Re: O'niell will be gone for a bit...read inside

    Heh. I live in the mountains. Power outages are nothing new. For instance, this sunday a good portion of my county is supposed to have no power from 7am to 4pm. I'm hoping I'm not one of those that will be seeing as how I did not get a notice in the mail, but one never knows.
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    Re: O'niell will be gone for a bit...read inside

    Lifetime warranties are so underrated. I'd pay an extra £100 for anything I buy if I could get a lifetime warranty on it.
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    Re: O'niell will be gone for a bit...read inside

    BFG just got back to me. I have to call them to get the process going. I'm glad, that will be faster than e-mail! GO BFG!!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by oniell121 View Post
    BFG just got back to me. I have to call them to get the process going. I'm glad, that will be faster than e-mail! GO BFG!!!!
    YAY!! That means you will be in game sooner than you expected!
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    Re: O'niell will be gone for a bit...read inside

    Actually, now I'm not sending the card in at all. After sitting disconnected from my case it has now worked for 2 days solid....and thanks to BFGs AWESOME tech support and lifetime warranty, I can get an RMA number over the phone any time it goes again! I think I've found a favorite video card maker.
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    Re: O'niell will be gone for a bit...read inside

    Yay Oniell!!!! Very nice! Congrats
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    Re: O'niell will be gone for a bit...read inside

    Sweet. I remember sitting there talking with you that morning. Glad you got it working again!
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    Quote Originally Posted by xXOZXx View Post
    Sweet. I remember sitting there talking with you that morning. Glad you got it working again!
    Yeah...me too. Glad to know you'll be in game soon enough!
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    Re: O'niell will be gone for a bit...read inside

    Generally speaking, the 3 major graphics card companies in NA [XFX, EVGA, BFG...] All offer a lifetime warranty and excellent tech support. You're lucky you picked a good company. =P Good to hear things are coming along well. Hope the card gets to you soon.
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