Am I now really screwed?

[RearAdmiral]

So I got to RMA my stupid card and after lots of hassle it gets returned to me because it didnt have a white label on it, with PN and SN numbers. So they said they couldnt do anything. So am I now out my 500 clams I spent on the blasted thing? I CANNOT find a way to talk to someone at all with ATI, besides paying like 20 bucks just to talk to them. Any advice on what I should do, I would hate to buy another stupid card for that much money. I couldnt go to anything slower.

 

[Nebor]

Why doesn't your card have a white label on it? What happened to the card that disabled it?

 

[RearAdmiral]

Idk why it doesnt have the label on it, I cant remember if it had it on when I first got it. But after a few months it was corrupting windows, then my POST. Then it just died.

 

[nRollo]

Originally posted by: RearAdmiral
So I got to RMA my stupid card and after lots of hassle it gets returned to me because it didnt have a white label on it, with PN and SN numbers. So they said they couldnt do anything. So am I now out my 500 clams I spent on the blasted thing? I CANNOT find a way to talk to someone at all with ATI, besides paying like 20 bucks just to talk to them. Any advice on what I should do, I would hate to buy another stupid card for that much money. I couldnt go to anything slower.

Aren't you the guy who bought it off EBuy and there was some question as to whether it's a real XT PE?

 

[RearAdmiral]

Originally posted by: Rollo

Originally posted by: RearAdmiral
So I got to RMA my stupid card and after lots of hassle it gets returned to me because it didnt have a white label on it, with PN and SN numbers. So they said they couldnt do anything. So am I now out my 500 clams I spent on the blasted thing? I CANNOT find a way to talk to someone at all with ATI, besides paying like 20 bucks just to talk to them. Any advice on what I should do, I would hate to buy another stupid card for that much money. I couldnt go to anything slower.

Aren't you the guy who bought it off EBuy and there was some question as to whether it's a real XT PE?

Yea that came up, but its pretty much impossible to figure out. I didnt know about the white label then though, so now im in all this trouble. Maybe I should contact ebay, they might help.

 

[Nebor]

Originally posted by: RearAdmiral

Originally posted by: Rollo

Originally posted by: RearAdmiral
So I got to RMA my stupid card and after lots of hassle it gets returned to me because it didnt have a white label on it, with PN and SN numbers. So they said they couldnt do anything. So am I now out my 500 clams I spent on the blasted thing? I CANNOT find a way to talk to someone at all with ATI, besides paying like 20 bucks just to talk to them. Any advice on what I should do, I would hate to buy another stupid card for that much money. I couldnt go to anything slower.

Aren't you the guy who bought it off EBuy and there was some question as to whether it's a real XT PE?

Yea that came up, but its pretty much impossible to figure out. I didnt know about the white label then though, so now im in all this trouble. Maybe I should contact ebay, they might help.

Ebay won't do anything for you. Auctions are "as is". I'd say you're screwed.

 

[RearAdmiral]

Yea but not if its fraud. Auction said x800xt pe, not x800pro flashed to x800xt pe. And I never got a label, so I dont know if it really was one.

 

[Nebor]

Originally posted by: RearAdmiral
Yea but not if its fraud. Auction said x800xt pe, not x800pro flashed to x800xt pe. And I never got a label, so I dont know if it really was one.

You don't know if it's really not one. You're screwed.

 

[RearAdmiral]

Yea i know, haha. Ill have to rake up the money somehow unless a miracle rolls my way.

 

[nRollo]

Originally posted by: RearAdmiral
Yea i know, haha. Ill have to rake up the money somehow unless a miracle rolls my way.

Lesson to be learned here:
Reputable dealer like newegg is worth the money, and Fleabay is teh suxorz.

 

[RearAdmiral]

indeed

 

[TStep]

Can't you apply for OUT OF WARRANTY service? It will cost $75, but you don't loose all $400 either. You are however SOL if it is modified.

 

[Appledrop]

hmmm... ack, i use a x800pro modded to xt pe, should i be worried?