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nocturnal · **Defective video card -** 22-11-2004

I bought a 9600pro, which in my opinion is a pretty good video card (just never tested with hl2 yet) but I think it's become defective. After maybe 2 months, my screen has turned black with funny colors even when i'm not doing graphic intensive stuff (typing, looking a web sites). I restarted the computer and now my computer doesn't start correctly. I should explain the way my computer sounds when it starts. Regularly, when I the power the computer on, (i think its the cpu fan), the fan starts real loud then after a second it's nearly silent. With the graphic card in the fan doesn't go silent and theres nothing on the screen, even when i change the monitor plug in to the onboard VGA port. When i pull the graphics card out, the computer runs normally. This has to be a problem with the graphics card right? Cuz i just bought my computer also and my dad kill me if i messed it up.

Has neone else had to send a video card back to Radeon due to it being defective? Do you have to pay to ship it or what?

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nocturnal Member Status: Offline Posts: 134 Join Date: Jan 2004	Defective video card - 22-11-2004 I bought a 9600pro, which in my opinion is a pretty good video card (just never tested with hl2 yet) but I think it's become defective. After maybe 2 months, my screen has turned black with funny colors even when i'm not doing graphic intensive stuff (typing, looking a web sites). I restarted the computer and now my computer doesn't start correctly. I should explain the way my computer sounds when it starts. Regularly, when I the power the computer on, (i think its the cpu fan), the fan starts real loud then after a second it's nearly silent. With the graphic card in the fan doesn't go silent and theres nothing on the screen, even when i change the monitor plug in to the onboard VGA port. When i pull the graphics card out, the computer runs normally. This has to be a problem with the graphics card right? Cuz i just bought my computer also and my dad kill me if i messed it up. Has neone else had to send a video card back to Radeon due to it being defective? Do you have to pay to ship it or what?