90% sure I have an Apollo card... RMA?

[bluemax]

I have a Radeon 7500 I picked up the other day. Practically free. But on the DOS level, it displays errors in the text characters, so I assume it's been heat-damaged.

What MFR makes a G-Radeon 7500 with a blue PCB and a round, red fan - Vantac, I think?
It's got S-vid on top, DVI in middle, VGA on bottom.

I'll try to RMA.

Might be a 3rd party fan though... it plugs onto the MB fan header instead of the card itself...

EDIT: It looks exactly like the Apollo cards.... but I can't find any way to return Apollo products on RMA!!

 

[bluemax]

How do I RMA an Apollo product?

 

[Cuular]

Where did you buy it from? Return it to them.

 

[bluemax]

It was just given to me in a trade. Not a shop item. It's RMA or garbage it.

 

[Rage187]

Gl w/ the RMA without a receipt.

 

[bluemax]

I've RMA'd things before without receipt. All depends on the company....

The only thing I found from Apollo is from overseas in the east. Not going to help me much, I don't think.

 

[pirred908]

1 vote for garbage.

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: pirred908
1 vote for garbage.

Seconded..

 

[nitromullet]

Do you mean this company?

http://www.joytech.com/index.htm

I don't see any RMA or warrantee info on their site.

Might be a 3rd party fan though... it plugs onto the MB fan header instead of the card itself...

sounds 3rd party to me... most likely this would have voided any warrantee.

 

[MemberSince97]

Dont be a Fraud ......Thirded.....

 

[bluemax]

Originally posted by: MemberSince97
Dont be a Fraud ......Thirded.....

Is it fraud to RMA a defective product that was GIVEN to you, rather than you being the original purchaser?
If it's under warranty, they should fix it no matter who it was given to.

If you think only the buyer should get RMA "privileges" then you'll have a crummy birthday/Christmas gift. No computer toys given to you!


But seeing as how it's almost certain to be a 3rd party fan, I'll keep the fan and toss the card.
It's garbage. Junk all over the screen.... it's dead - plain and simple. No RMA option so out it goes.

*clunk*

On the plus side, I managed to wedge a different fan onto the other card dumped on me - a Creative Labs Annihilator Pro (remember CLAP?) Man... the heatsink is IMPOSSIBLE to remove! (I think I might have crushed one of the teeny-tiny resistors below the GPU trying to get that sink off! Still works though!)
Stupid fan died so I ripped it out and jury-rigged another fan on top of the existing sink. Seems to work great so far. A BIG improvement over the TNT2 Vanta that it replaced.

It sucks being broke. Still hoping to find a half-decent VIVO card I can afford.