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New Years EVE nightmare! Water Leak

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tweakboy

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Soo next thing I know system wont boot. It was a water leak bunch of water landed on the 8800 card. We cleaned it and fixed the tube, except I dont have a computer now. Card died. Soo I slept in new years eve with a long face.

Today I went to Frys and Got the EVGA 460 1GB vanilla for $161 plus tax minus 25 dollars mail in rebate. It was open box but card was mint. Final cost is $152 dollars for this card after rebate. Now we RMA the 8800 soo I can get that back and use it as Phsyx card. Also its cool Im using HDMI no mini straight up HDMI to MON soo I get audio too I guess, and maybe crisper graphics probably the same....

I notice its much cooler then my 8800 was. I havent gamed yet or overclocked yet, Ill need to make a seperate thread on how to overclock and how to adjust voltage. I heard you need MSI Burner to take voltage up. If so do you always have to have MSI burner running in background or u just change voltage and exit out... Im babbling,, will brb gg and gl, talk about a nasty new years... Thanks


tweakboy said:
I just hope they take my 8800 RMA cuz the sticker on it got all wet and came off. We have RMAed one time with them.
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This is RMA fraud.

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tweakboy said:
Now we RMA the 8800 soo I can get that back and use it as Phsyx card. Also its cool Im using HDMI no mini straight up HDMI to MON soo I get audio too I guess, and maybe crisper graphics probably the same....
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... the warranty doesn't and shouldn't cover water damage.
Trying to hide said water damage would be fraud.
 
see what happens when you install thermaltake water cooling in your rig..its like wearing a used condom you found on the street....


BTW lock this thread because he is clearly breaking the law...
 
Throckmorton said:
Lessons from this thread:
- POS Thermaltake Water cooling isn't worth it
-RMAing a card you destroyed with water is unethical
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fixed that for you ^^


A real loop for an enthusiast if they do it right is relatively safe... If your an idiot not so much....
 
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