My XFX HD 4770 appears to be DOA.

[bupkus]

I replaced my nephews misbehaving XFX 7900gt this evening with an HD4770 that just arrived today and had not even a boot signal. The mobo beeped longer than it's usual beep when booting. His pc has a 450W PSU and I did use both the 6-pin power connect and the DVI to Analog converter.

Frustrated, I install same card into my system with a 380 Certified Antec PSU. Same response, no signal whatsoever. The yellow dot on the CRT frame never dhanged to yellow or showed the boot screen. I'm doing an RMA and the question asked is, refund or replace.
Since there are no more of this item in stock now I'm wondering what to do.
I paid $109.99 plus $7.99 for shipping. I need to replace his 7900gt so I can return it as it is still under warranty until June 22nd.

Comments, advice, wisdom appreciated.

 

[LOUISSSSS]

the psu may be crappy and underpowering the gpu...
i say replace.. that card is great if its really bad you prob just got a lemon.

 

[bupkus]

I'm in Phoenix and that's the best psu I have at hand. My main system is in Minneapolis with a Corsair 650W psu. I suppose I can place two computers next to each other and use one for the 6 pin connector. I don't think that would cause any damage but I don't really have that much time to futz with it.

 

[AzN]

380 watt antec should be plenty to power a 4770. if you are not getting signal it's either it's not inserted correctly or power. then again if your power supply was underpowering it will still goto 2D at least if the card was functional.

I would replace and go ahead and get a different brand if the brand you bought is sold out.

 

[LOUISSSSS]

Originally posted by: Azn
380 watt antec should be plenty to power a 4770. if you are not getting signal it's either it's not inserted correctly or power. then again if your power supply was underpowering it will still goto 2D at least if the card was functional.

I would replace and go ahead and get a different brand if the brand you bought is sold out.

not plenty, and i dont think enough. i know i wouldn't do it. and i know others that wouldn't do it either. but you can

 

[bupkus]

But as Azn says, wouldn't it atleast display the boot/bio screen?

The monitor doesn't even register a signal. I installed it into 2 different computers and the exact identical nothing. I never was that bad at slotting a card so I have to think it's the card that's bad. I never did get a doa card in my life so there has to be a first time.
The only doa pc part I'd had in the past was a Foxconn motherboard, but then again, who hasn't.

 

[thilanliyan]

Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS
not plenty, and i dont think enough. i know i wouldn't do it. and i know others that wouldn't do it either. but you can

For a 4770 that definitely is plenty. With an overclocked, powerhungry Phenom, overclocked 4870, 3 HDDs, w/c gear and just the GPU at load and CPU at partial load I was pulling about 350w from the wall so it's higher than the actual system load. For a 4770 system the 380w should be plenty unless maybe the CPU is an overclocked Phenom I.

PS. Nice w/c job in the pic.

 

[AzN]

Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS

Originally posted by: Azn
380 watt antec should be plenty to power a 4770. if you are not getting signal it's either it's not inserted correctly or power. then again if your power supply was underpowering it will still goto 2D at least if the card was functional.

I would replace and go ahead and get a different brand if the brand you bought is sold out.

not plenty, and i dont think enough. i know i wouldn't do it. and i know others that wouldn't do it either. but you can

4770 eats less power than 9600gt. 380 watt should be more than plenty.

 

[bupkus]

I'm gonna phone Newegg tomorrow and ask the options. If they're expecting a resupply soon I'll just do a replace and ship.
Fingers crossed.

Edit: BTW, if you've been checking, of the 7 4770 cards newegg has, only 2 are in stock.
They are just flying out the door... yet there aren't that many reviews yet. I suspect they didn't have that many initially.

 

[God Mode]

Try changing the monitor cable or plug in/out the cable into the card a few times. I had the same problem with a xfx card not displaying a signal until I fiddled with the dvi port.

 

[bupkus]

I don't have an LCD to test the DVI port without an adapter. However, I do have more than one adapter and I'm certain that at least one works but still it failed. I tried holding in the adapter with the crt cable and a little movement all with the same results.
I think I've run out of options. Still, nobody has explicitly stated that when a video card hasn't enough power it will still allow viewing the bios.
Yah, I think it's a bad vid.