X850xt-PE's defective!

[chefwaffles]

Yes, apparently, many of those cards are defective. I bought a x850xt-PE agp card a week ago, minutes after installing and playing a game, I heard a high pitch noise coming from the computer. Upon closer inspection I noticed that it was the card. I bought it from Newegg so I went to there website, got an RMA approval and returned it. They sent me a new one, but after installing it and playing another game, within minutes, this card made the same high pitch noise was the last one. WTF is up with this. Any of you with the same card have the same problems? If so, is there a way to fix this? I think im just going to get a refund and go Nforce4.

[perkam]

Yes, apparently, many of those cards are defective. I bought a x850xt-PE agp card a week ago, minutes after installing and playing a game, I heard a high pitch noise coming from the computer. Upon closer inspection I noticed that it was the card. I bought it from Newegg so I went to there website, got an RMA approval and returned it. They sent me a new one, but after installing it and playing another game, within minutes, this card made the same high pitch noise was the last one. WTF is up with this. Any of you with the same card have the same problems? If so, is there a way to fix this? I think im just going to get a refund and go Nforce4.

Hello chefwaffles,

And :welcome: Welcome to XtremeSystems :welcome:

If the same product had the same effect in your pc even after they sent you a new one...Then its very likely a compatibility issue with your components, not the Cards fault...

Therefore, It'd be nice if we had your specs ;)

Perkam

[chefwaffles]

Athlon fx-55
K8N neo2 plat
gskill 1gb LE
x850xt-PE
2x74g raptor
520w OCZ powersupply

[IYP]

could be a factory misinstalation of the fans....sounds like an unbalanced fan to me

[jinu117]

High pitched noise might be either one of these, mobo coil, PSU coil. If its 2 X850XT PE, it might not be the GPU after all. Got any spare PSU to test out?

[chefwaffles]

Stuck it in my 2nd comp, same problems. It has something to do with the fan that is causing the noise. I looked on other forums. There are many that are having the same problems. What they would do is either download ATI tool and manually set the fan speed to 100%, but I tried that, the noise went away but it was TOO loud. Or they would set the speed to 0%, which would also stop the noise, but the VGA would get to hot and cause the computer to crash. Nevertheless, I'm RMAing this thing and moving on to Nvidia. Dissappointing to, that VGA kicked some major ass performance wise. 200 fps on CS: source, wow. I am shocked ATI would put such cheap fans in there cards. And also, removing the fan and trying to fix it also voids the warranty.

[n00b 0f l337]

Actually, my pci-e x800xl makes a high pitched noise, but only when I run ati-tool's 3d model. Remember also, many other people besides ati make cards, and I think only the gigabyte, sapphire, rosewill's, and ati's have good fans, the rest are crap. Especially connect3d's.

[chefwaffles]

I bought the ATI model one. Is the sapphire model any good?

[LBJGH]

my BBA x800xt pe has a variable speed fan that is quite loud for about 5sec at startup... maybe you are just experiencing the high speed setting (after gaming)

Have you tried gaming with the side off the case to provide cool outside air?

[chefwaffles]

Don't need to take the side off. I have thermaltake shark case. There are big openings already. No, the high pitch noise is constant no matter what.

[masterofpuppets]

I've never had trouble with Sapphire cards, except from my multiple dead X800's. But the rest of their cards work fine for me. I've done all sorts of cruel stuff to me 9800XT and it's still happily living.

[CTKP]

Its the fan. Download ATI Tool and set the fan speed to be above 90% all the time. Same problem with my Powercolor PCI-E 850xtpe. The fan noise will definitely be louder, but the high pitched squeal will be gone.

[Aphex_Tom_9]

or just watercool it :)

[TMM]

Grab a Arctic Cooling ATI silencer for it :). Much quieter and cooler :toast:

btw: screw the warrenty. If something happens to it, just slap the stock cooler back on and noone will ever know :D