Is it possible to sell a dead videocard.......

[CorCentral]

Is there some way to repair a card that's been fried? I saw the same card I have on Ebay sell for over $30.00 shipped (non working).

It's an EVGA 6800gt/256/agp.

 

[SampSon]

Sure it's possible to sell it.
That's a silly question.

 

[CorCentral]

Originally posted by: SampSon
Sure it's possible to sell it.
That's a silly question.

I suppose what I was trying to ask was it is possible to repair one, hence someone looking for a "dead" card for a cheap price?
Hey, if people will buy a peice of toasted bread with an image of Jesus/Mary or whatever, I know someone would buy a dead videocard.

 

[Sluggo]

If EVGA has a lifetime warranty, there is always someone out there willing to try scamming a new card from them.

 

[mugs]

If you sell it, the person who buys it will most likely use it to scam a free card out of the company.

 

[SampSon]

Originally posted by: CorCentral

Originally posted by: SampSon
Sure it's possible to sell it.
That's a silly question.

I suppose what I was trying to ask was it is possible to repair one, hence someone looking for a "dead" card for a cheap price?
Hey, if people will buy a peice of toasted bread with an image of Jesus/Mary or whatever, I know someone would buy a dead videocard.

Now that's the right attitude.

 

[Troll4Hire]

It's okay to sell it, just as long as you are honest about it's condition or functionality.

 

[Mermaidman]

Originally posted by: CorCentral

Originally posted by: SampSon
Sure it's possible to sell it.
That's a silly question.

I suppose what I was trying to ask was it is possible to repair one, hence someone looking for a "dead" card for a cheap price?
Hey, if people will buy a peice of toasted bread with an image of Jesus/Mary or whatever, I know someone would buy a dead videocard.

Did the lightning burn an image of Saddam Hussein onto the video card?

 

[CorCentral]

Originally posted by: Mermaidman

Originally posted by: CorCentral

Originally posted by: SampSon
Sure it's possible to sell it.
That's a silly question.

I suppose what I was trying to ask was it is possible to repair one, hence someone looking for a "dead" card for a cheap price?
Hey, if people will buy a peice of toasted bread with an image of Jesus/Mary or whatever, I know someone would buy a dead videocard.

Did the lightning burn an image of Saddam Hussein onto the video card?

**LMAO**

I could always get the soldering gun out and draw a likeness of saddam on it.

I'm not trying to scam anyone PEOPLE! I just want to know if this can be repaired and if I can get like $20.00 shipped for it. If not, I'm going to just chop it up and toss it in the trash. As for a Warranty, it was only 1 year and has expired.

 

[Compton]

People sell fried electronics all the time on ebay. Just say "AS-IS" in the auction. Thats ebay terminology for damaged.

 

[Minjin]

Or you can be honest about the videocard not working but make sure you include a bunch of spelling and grammar errors. That way people will bid on it because they think you're a moron and are just doing something wrong.

 

[Atheus]

Sure - I buy broke electronics quite a bit. Someone will assume it's a fuse, or at worst a blown cap, and try to fix it.

 

[chrisms]

"EVGA 6800gt/256/agp, I dont think it works!!!1 I prssed the button on the box yesterday and nothing showed up on the screen. It was just black!!! My son told me it could be this thing so if you know how to fix these things this is the deal for you!!! I will repeat this thing is NOT WORKING!!!!!!1"

 

[waggy]

i sold a dead motherboard/memory/cpu on ebay (as a bundle) and got about half of what retail would be.

but i also had in big red letters that it was dead.

i have also baught stuff that was "dead" at stores or garage sales. about half of it is junk but the other half is fixable.

 

[chrisms]

I sold a broken Xbox for $100. Poor bastard didn't have a chance at fixing it, I used too hot of a soldering iron and burned off a few of the points on the motherboard. And you can bet it wasn't under warranty anymore, either.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

you saw the same broken card sell for $30 and you still need to ask if YOUR broken card is able to be sold?

 

[kami333]

Originally posted by: chrisms
I sold a broken Xbox for $100. Poor bastard didn't have a chance at fixing it, I used too hot of a soldering iron and burned off a few of the points on the motherboard. And you can bet it wasn't under warranty anymore, either.

I bought my friend's broken XBox for $70 a couple years ago, $5 fuse later I had a working XBox.

Buying broken stuff is a crap shoot, I usually assume I could fix 30% of it.

 

[destrekor]

also, if there are no visible burn marks.. try returning to EVGA under the claim it stopped working. they have a great lifetime warranty, even allows you to overclock and return it if it stops working (short of actually frying the thing and leaving burn marks, that is).

 

[BigToque]

Originally posted by: kami333

Originally posted by: chrisms
I sold a broken Xbox for $100. Poor bastard didn't have a chance at fixing it, I used too hot of a soldering iron and burned off a few of the points on the motherboard. And you can bet it wasn't under warranty anymore, either.

I bought my friend's broken XBox for $70 a couple years ago, $5 fuse later I had a working XBox.

Buying broken stuff is a crap shoot, I usually assume I could fix 30% of it.

I won't usually buy dead electronics with the thought of fixing it, but if I ever come across something I always try to figure out what's wrong. Sometimes a friend might say he needs a new digital camera because the LCD doesn't work. Look on ebay and buy a "dead" camera of the same model and just swap the LCD's. You can turn a "piece of junk" into a fully functioning unit for a lot less than it might cost to replace it.