Burn baby burn... Overclockers, read this, it might happen to you !!!

[3615buck]

Just got a "little" problem...
My brand new Creative Labs Geforce 2 GTS is dead...
It did not like overclocking...

I don't understand, it was not set so high, from default 200-333 core/memory to 220-380 on a 73 FSB (146/2).

I had been running it at that speed for 3 weeks without any problem, but my first heavy Unreal Tournament session (2 hours) was apparently too hard for my poor little card...

Did anybody have this kind of problem ?

Is there any chance I get a new one from Creative or will they see immediately that the card was overclocked and say the warranty is voided because of this ?

I'm now using a good old Matrox mystique with 2Mb RAM !!!
Waoooooooooooooooooooooow ! FAST !!!

 

[Plester]

describe its death a bit more. that doesn't sound quite right, but then again electronics do fail.

 

[3615buck]

The screen suddenly froze in UT.
I restarted the computer (reset button) and got the "1 long, 3 short" beeps of death and nothing on screen.
Even cold rebooting did not help.
I stopped the computer and restarted it 1 hour later, it did not help.
I removed the card from the slot and reinserted it, it did not help either.
The fan of the card still works, but at every attempt, I get these "1 long, 3 short" beeps of death and nothing on screen
I removed the card and replaced it with an old PCI Matrox mystique, it works.
I only see 2 possibilities,

1. either my Geforce 2 is dead
2. or my AGP slot is dead, but is this possible ???

Any idea ???

 

[A5]

That's why you test cards at every level when you OC. You probably won't get a replacement.

 

[Madcowz]

My friend had a video card die on him. He wasn't overclocking, just using extreme graphic applications and the screen started turning different colors and then just frooze. It wasn't working for about a day or two and believe it or not the card just revived itself the 2nd day and started working like normal... just try giving it a day to rest and you never know!

 

[Thor_Sevan]

i feel sorry for u... thats a great card... expensive too... I think you can get a replacement. Just tell them it froze while playing UT...

 

[novice]

Gee, I guess that is why the manufacturers set the core/memory where they set it. While I have played around with front side bus speeds a little, I have never actually tried to tweak a video card. I figure if you want it faster, then you should buy a faster one. (Which is why I have Voodoo 3 3000's instead of V3 2000's) I am sure a lot of people have great success o'cing their cards, but they are a little expensive to replace. And somehow it doesn't seem right to rma it if you willfully violated their settings. It should be at your own risk...
Chuck

 

[HigherGround]

creative drivers ship with overclocking utilities, obviously they don't guarantee the results, but by including them they obviously didn't feel like you can destroy the card ny o/c withing their specified limits. anyhow, you definitly can get a replacement under their warranty.

 

[Zorba]

Most companies will take all RMAs no matter what the couse is, as long as you don't tell them all the details. Call Creative, and tell them that it just died while playing UT, say nothing about ocing. They will tell you what you need to do to RMA it. Once it is there, I am sure they won't call you and say "This card was OCed," no company has ever done that to me at least.

Good luck.

 

[Imported]

My brother's PC had a similar problem, so he resetted the BIOS/CMOS by the jumper on his motherboard and it worked fine after. I don't if it'll work for you, but it doesn't hurt to try.

 

[skull]

Just leave it out a few days then try it again it will probably start working I have had 2 cards do this to me. If not RMA it.

 

[utopia]

Damn, bad luck

 

[Shagga]

It will make a nice key ring!.

Bad luck old chap. Condemn it to overclockers heaven, pick yourself up and get another one....

 

[NicColt]

Buck re-install the CLG2 card sometimes very rarely the card or motherboard will charge capacitors and can lockup the agp port and needs to be reset, the way to do that is switch to pci and then back to agp or leave the board unplugged for a very long period of time until the caps loose the juice. Hey it's worth a try.

 

[3615buck]

Thanks for your support during this difficult period of my life...
I'll keep you informed.

 

[3615buck]

Ya be da be dooooooooooooooooooooooo !!!

I just called Creative Labs, all I have to do is send my dead card back and I'll get a new one for free !!!

They send the new one to me as soon as they receive the dead card, even before forwarding it to Creative Labs in Ireland, so when they realize my card died because of overclocking, it'll be too late, I'll have my new (non overclocked) GF2...

I'm HAPPY !!!

 

[Gadgetslave]

oops. Never mind

 

[Oric]

While the capacitor explanation is plausible it is not why you have to take your card out of the box for 2 days.

Like all organizms, the graphic cards have a life of their own, electric short cuts and over voltage may cause slight burns in the circuits of the silicon life form. Usually the silicon cards need some time to "heal" their wounds. This process can be accelerated by a visit to the witch doctor.

 

[jor888]

I would just go buy one from best buy or compusa and return the dead one with the new box. Why wait when ur comp is going to be down for 2 weeks.