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feck   10-08-2008 at 06:34:12 PM

Ok,I had trouble installing my 4870 and posted on here Yesterday and got it sorted.It was all fine till today when I started getting like little specks of many colours appear,on website,desktop,everywhere.A bit like the snowstorm on a tv set.
Smardocter was saying card was fine and GPU was at 49oC.I switched off as I was worried I'd done something wrong Yesterday but monitor refused to switch back on later.
I have put my old card back in and everything is absolutely fine.Could this just be a corrupt ATI driver maybe,or something else?Thanks in advance.

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bpogdowz   10-08-2008 at 06:37:26 PM
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Card sounds DOA. Might wanna call ATI on the phone and have them tell you to RMA it.

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feck   10-08-2008 at 06:40:31 PM
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It had been working for several hours so not DOA.Sorry,what's RMA?

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kyeana   10-08-2008 at 06:59:54 PM
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could still be DOA. Just because it worked for a little bit and then stopped working doesn't mean that it aint broken.

RMA = Returning the card (in essence, im not sure exactly what it stands for but you get the idea)

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johnyeah   10-08-2008 at 07:10:06 PM
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If you're getting grains on your display, chances are something's wrong with the video card.

Just because your video card worked for couple hours, it can still break down.

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stoner133   10-08-2008 at 07:12:41 PM
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RMA = Return Material Authorization. Means they are authorizing you to return the product, usually will come with a number that they assign to your request so they have your problem on file.

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