(LinusTechTips Forum) Galaxy Issues GTX 780 Ti Recalls, MOSFETS Exploding.

[3DVagabond]

Seems like it's an isolated batch of Galaxy cards. We'll have to see if there are any other reports. I wonder if the review sites are going to go out and buy some and try and get them to blow up? Probably not.

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/75958-galaxy-issues-gtx-780-ti-recalls-mosfets-exploding/

 

[Abwx]

Hardware.fr mentionned that Nvidia cards VRMs where much hotter than the 290X VRMs in their temperature measurements but they added that it was still within a safe range, i personaly mentionned that while Nvidia marketed the fact that they did split the power delivery as a feature i think that they done so because the main supply wasnt powerfull enough to cater the GPU if ever it would be more power hungry than the regular 780, it all boils (!) down to said components cooling , a few heatspreaders for the VRMs should extend the power range substancialy.

 

[blackened23]

Uh this is old news. And lol @ the post above.

http://wccftech.com/gtx-780-ti-sale-allegedly-suspended-china-design-flaw-gpu-death/

Update: I have talked with Nvidia PR and it appears that this problem is limited to Galaxy GTX 780 Tis in a certain region in a certain batch, due to an illegal change in the reference design. “Not true. Galaxy made an unauthorized change to the reference design that affected 55 of their cards. Nobody else affected.” – Nvidia PR Bryan Del Rizzo

On HardOCP the Galaxy rep mentioned that Galaxy made an unauthorized change on 55 GTX 780 ti cards in China. Only 55 Galaxy cards were affected due to an error that a Galaxy worker made. And only in China due to an error that a Galaxy employee made. I imagine the worker that caused the issue was fired.

 

[BallaTheFeared]

^lol

 

[Abwx]

Uh this is old news. And lol @ the post above.

http://wccftech.com/gtx-780-ti-sale-allegedly-suspended-china-design-flaw-gpu-death/



On HardOCP the Galaxy rep mentioned that Galaxy made an unauthorized change on 55 GTX 780 ti cards in China. Only 55 Galaxy cards were affected due to an error that a Galaxy worker made. And only in China due to an error that a Galaxy employee made. I imagine the worker that caused the issue was fired.

I often saw you being less prone to believe GFX manufacturers
explanations about wrong or right technical issues, what happened.??

Anyway glad to see that you have decided that after all
a manufacturer sayings are forcibly true....

This doesnt invalidate my previous post , though , Hardware.fr
pointed high temps on 780 cards VRMs.

^lol

 

[blastingcap]

I think a lot of these stories are overblown, and I also find it hilarious that this thread is so close to another one which says "[Misleading] Data from large French retailer show AMD GPUs less reliable than Nvidia"

 

[3DVagabond]

I think a lot of these stories are overblown, and I also find it hilarious that this thread is so close to another one which says "[Misleading] Data from large French retailer show AMD GPUs less reliable than Nvidia"

This is according to the source a problem that generated a manufacturer recall. That's a bit different than one retailers return records.

Besides, is there an unwritten rule that we can only post problems by one manufacturer per page? Or was that just a way to interject something negative about AMD into the thread to lessen the value about an nVidia problem?

 

[krumme]

I think a lot of these stories are overblown, and I also find it hilarious that this thread is so close to another one which says "[Misleading] Data from large French retailer show AMD GPUs less reliable than Nvidia"

What is hilarious is the different reaction from certain members of this forum.

 

[blastingcap]

This is according to the source a problem that generated a manufacturer recall. That's a bit different than one retailers return records.

Besides, is there an unwritten rule that we can only post problems by one manufacturer per page? Or was that just a way to interject something negative about AMD into the thread to lessen the value about an nVidia problem?

Wut? I just think it was funny that this thread was right next to another thread talking about hardware failures the other direction. Relax. I'm the first person who would say that NV cards are probably less reliable in hardware, though AMD's iffy drivers kinda counterbalances that. NV has bumpgate, drivers that overheated cards, and the alleged electromigration problem with Kepler GPUs hence why so many NV cards are currently voltage-locked.

 

[3DVagabond]

Wut? I just think it was funny that this thread was right next to another thread talking about hardware failures the other direction. Relax. I'm the first person who would say that NV cards are probably less reliable in hardware, though AMD's iffy drivers kinda counterbalances that. NV has bumpgate, drivers that overheated cards, and the alleged electromigration problem with Kepler GPUs hence why so many NV cards are currently voltage-locked.

Fair enough. I misinterpreted your reason. :thumbsup:

 

[ShintaiDK]

Lol, 55 cards recall due to a worker mistake and sold in China only, and forum goes crazy.

And 3 weeks old news, I wonder how long someone searched for that

 

[Gikaseixas]

Lol, 55 cards recall due to a worker mistake and sold in China only, and forum goes crazy.

And 3 weeks old news, I wonder how long someone searched for that

I don't see the forum going crazy over this, over reacting much? :whiste:

290 blower issues is much older news and i don't see you complaining about that.

On topic, if this is just a small batch it's not a big deal, plus it's only one AIB that's having\had issues. Move along people

 

[Atreidin]

Lol, 55 cards recall due to a worker mistake and sold in China only, and forum goes crazy.

And 3 weeks old news, I wonder how long someone searched for that

You forgot to mention the name of or link to the forum that is "going crazy" over this news. It sure isn't this one, or the link in the OP.

 

[Venomous]

There's nothing wrong with radeon drivers. Last I looked, 2003 came and left.