With the prices of AMD cards skyrocketing due to mining, I decided to sell my XFX 580 on eBay about a week after I bought from Best Buy so I could buy something better. Sold it, shipped it, now a full month later the buyer is saying it is defective and requesting a refund. I used it for a about 4 days in my computer and never had a single problem. Since eBay favors with the buyer no matter what, I have no choice but to accept it. I will have it back in hand tomorrow.
Obviously nobody is paying $480 for a RX 580 unless they are mining with it. That often involves modifying the vBios to alter memory timings, etc for better performance. I'm suspecting that when my buyer did this, he screwed up and bricked it. Is there anyway to tell if the bios has been modded? Surely the manufacturer would know if I sent it in. Is there anything I can do to prove to eBay that the buyer did this? He supposedly contacted XFX and they said they would only honor warranty to the original buyer from Best Buy. Would they still honor warranty when I get it back?
I know there is supposed to be a way to jump 2 pins and reflash the bios if i take the backplate off. I just don't want to have to have be out $500 for a bricked card for no fault of my own.
Obviously nobody is paying $480 for a RX 580 unless they are mining with it. That often involves modifying the vBios to alter memory timings, etc for better performance. I'm suspecting that when my buyer did this, he screwed up and bricked it. Is there anyway to tell if the bios has been modded? Surely the manufacturer would know if I sent it in. Is there anything I can do to prove to eBay that the buyer did this? He supposedly contacted XFX and they said they would only honor warranty to the original buyer from Best Buy. Would they still honor warranty when I get it back?
I know there is supposed to be a way to jump 2 pins and reflash the bios if i take the backplate off. I just don't want to have to have be out $500 for a bricked card for no fault of my own.