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kansasboy001

kansasboy001

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I am looking at buying a xfx r9 290 double dissipation from eBay. The card was used in a mining rig. Both fans on the card don't spinn and the card does not output video. The light that said xfx does light up though. I have a friend with an extra xfx cooler from when he did a diy loop that is for the card. Do you think that the card can be fixed?
 
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If it's not outputting video and the fans don't spin it's probably dead. Those cards have been out for less then a year... if it's not working and the original owner didn't rma it, it means that he probably did something to it to void the warranty. He would get a lot more money for a working card, but hasn't bothered to do so means it's probably shot. It might be recoverable, but I would be hesitant. Ask him to throw it in a machine and take a screen shot of a cpuz where it recognizes the card.


Personally I wouldn't do it.
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If it's not outputting video and the fans don't spin it's probably dead. Those cards have been out for less then a year... if it's not working and the original owner didn't rma it, it means that he probably did something to it to void the warranty. He would get a lot more money for a working card, but hasn't bothered to do so means it's probably shot. It might be recoverable, but I would be hesitant. Ask him to throw it in a machine and take a screen shot of a cpuz where it recognizes the card.


Personally I wouldn't do it.
 
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It is possible, but if the seller is selling it cheap enough for you to run that risk go for it. Otherwise you are buying a paperweight. The only way to really find it out would to have him put it into a system for you and have him send a screen shot with a program that will let you know that it is being recognized. Just because the lights are turning on doesn't mean the system is recognizing it.

As I said, I wouldn't. If you find it cheap enough that you are willing to take the risk go for it.
 
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