Defective video card.

**CrossLOPER** · 12-03-2009, 06:53

I have been having display issues with my rig. I see corruption on start up and black and white bars when the user login screen is supposed to come up. All I see is the cursor. I think my video card is defective. I purchased it a few months ago at Best Buy, so the return policy is probably no longer valid. The manufacturer is BFG. What should I do? Contact BFG for a replacement?

**naut** · 12-03-2009, 11:24

Sounds like damage from overheating. No idea what to do though.

**caravel** · 12-03-2009, 18:04

Sounds like artifacts caused by damaged memory. Did you, by any chance, overlock the card?

What is their return policy? You should still be able to take/send it back if it's faulty - if not the card should have at least the standard 12 months manufacturer's warranty.

**CrossLOPER** · 12-04-2009, 00:51

I did not modify the card's performance. Concerning the warranty, I can check tomorrow. I did not modify the card's performance. This is the card:

http://www.bfgtech.com/bfgrgtx260896oce.aspx

**Veho Nex** · 12-04-2009, 01:21

You can say you bought the card *recently* and one day when you turned your computer on it just *stopped* working.

Never ever ever ever tell them what the problem might be. Just pretend ignorance and say it stopped working. I once told BFG what I thought happened to the card and they said "Ha! Sucker thats 250$ you just lost and you aint gettin it back! Even though the card is only 2 weeks old"