Can I RMA my Visiontek GF3 Ti200? Cu'z the fan suddenly stop working.....

[j@cko]

The fan just stop working all of the sudden...... what the hell....

 

[Nohr]

Sounds like a pretty good reason to me.

 

[j@cko]

But I bought it from a friend who bought it from the Best Buy Sell though...

 

[afireinsideme]

as long as u have proof of purchase

 

[j@cko]

The card was bought in the U.S.'s Best Buy, and I am in Canada. Is it possible to get an exchange in Canada's Best buy?

 

[Nohr]

No idea. Can always go and ask.

 

[pillage2001]

Called them up yet??

 

[need4spd]

Just call or write email to the manufacturer and ask them to send you a new fan... I have done this before with an Abit motherboard..

The fan started to make a grinding noise... sent them an email with my address and they mailed me the fan in 3 days time at no charge.

They never asked for proof of purchase or anything

As for your video card RMA return to manufacturer??? I would think that you need to provide proof of purchase to get approval for repair or replacement... do you have the orig receipt?

 

[j@cko]

I called, but they are off on the weekend.
yes, I can get the receipt from my friend.

 

[BD231]

Just put a different fan on and save yourself the hassle, blue orb anyone?

 

[TBC]

The fan quit working on my Gainward Geforce3 Ti200 card also. They must use cheap fan parts. So far no reply from the company or Newegg where I purchased it.

I can't send my card back because I have no replacement video card to use. So I ordered one of the Titan copper vga coolers. There are some other vga coolers, but they take up a PCI slot next to the video card because they are too big. The Titan doesn't supposedly.

Here is a couple of links that sell the Titan Vga Cooler
Found on the bottom of this page
Found half way down the page (its a little cheaper here)

Here is a review of it:
Titan Copper Cooler review

 

[Yossarian]

Stupid question, but how do you know when the fan on a video card stops? Is there some utility you can use like Motherboard Monitor? I suppose you can just wait until your computer locks up but is there any way to monitor the temps?

 

[Theslowone]

They might just send you a new fan, thats what hercules did for me, but my card was 2 years old then.