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As soon as I know if my Visiontek also is missing the transistor I will let ya know.
If it´s missing, it should mean your theory is right :)
I´m glad I was so stubborn to update the list of dead GF4 on AOA even though most users said there is not any fault with 8RDA+/GF4 combination.
Yep, I think the transistor theory is fact by now :pQuote:
Originally posted by doyt
well i have just hoked up my 8rda+ rev 1.1 and 4200 not turbo
and no problems here the card dosent even come close to the dimms so that helps to further prove the transistor theory:)
Did you discover this yourself, PiLsY?
EPoX coulda given ya a little credit ;)
http://www.epox.com/html/support-art...0I3O2n1Oz03Z3K
Hmm wouldve been nice. Infact even a proper response to the email I sent them wouldve been nice.
That picture, however, is in no way representative of the problem. The board they have pictured there either has smaller dimm clips or is a different board to the one I have been working on. On the board I have the dimm clips and card actually overlap. They are not merely close, they are crossing each other.
PiLsY.
So is this another 8kha+ in that they didn't follow Jedec spec again like on the 8kha+. IMO they should be responsible for replacing all these video cards that got ruined by this board. Funny how they were denying all resposibility in the beginning and it comes out to be bad board design once again by Epox.
My v1.1 seems like it could still obstruct a long card. I have a r9700 so it doesn't even come close. I think PiLsY is right as there were no probs with my or any other ati's or short boards.
Good work
Well that is exactly what killed my fisrt GF4 card, bending it out of the way slightly, not scraping it.Quote:
Originally posted by PiLsY
What you have to do is bend the back of the card slightly away from the dimm slot when you put it in so the edge of the dim clip clears the transistor on the GF4.
PiLsY.
Damned if you do, damned if you dont.....
GJ Epox :rolleyes:.
PiLsY.
Maybe I should RMA my Ti200 and see what I get from them..?
The damn thing smoked the whole inside of my case a while back.. 8-(
Damn, Damn, Damn, Damn,
Spent 2 hours installing my 8rda yesterday, and guess what - popped the ti4600 in and crackle crackle. Its dead. If only I had seen the reason why they are dying 2 days ago !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And yes on closer observation the tiny component has been scraped off and there is slight burn scoring in the area where the card fried.
Oh Bugger.
This will be the 2nd time ive RMA'd my 4600 - Overclockers.co.uk are going to h8 me :(
Thanks for the solution anyway. Just a shame I didnt see it earlier.
Brett
im new to this forum because i was intrigued by this thread
couldnt we just put thermal tape over the component, like the tape that comes with chipset heatsinks and cpu probes etc... ?
:toast: :banana:
The problem is not heat (and if it was, then thermal tape would not help, as it does not remove heat, it is only an interface material.. like Arctic Silver/Nanotherm). The problem is a device being physically removed from the PCB of the video card when it is installed. One of the ram clips presses against the device and will knock it off if you are not careful when installing the video card..
I wasn't talking about heat.
the tape could cover the part that gets removed from the PCB.
thermal tape was what i was suggesting since it isnt conductive
I joined the blow out the GF4 Ti4600 club today! The chip shown by PiLsY is still there though. Happened on the v1.0 board and was running fine on the v1.1 board 5 minutes before and went down while entering Windows 2K. Oh well, time to RMA the Ti4600. :p
Putting some clear silicon epoxy-like stuff over that transistor would alos work..
well that would prevent anything from scraping it off i would imagine
ah, my bad..
the tape still wouldnt work too well, as it could pile up in front of the transistor...
the epoxy/glue idea sounds good, though.
I have RMA'ed 3 times now so dont feel too ad, first 2 were defective, 3rd one burned out on my 8k3a+ (no physical damage) nothing you could see with the naked eye, it jsut decided it did not want to play battlefield anymore and it just died int eh middle of a game after months of use...strangest thing i have ever really had happen on a system...Now my card is at risk again, i have already installe dit about 5 times into my 8rda+, still working so far though (the vid card the MB still has problems)...Quote:
Originally posted by Brett
Damn, Damn, Damn, Damn,
Spent 2 hours installing my 8rda yesterday, and guess what - popped the ti4600 in and crackle crackle. Its dead. If only I had seen the reason why they are dying 2 days ago !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And yes on closer observation the tiny component has been scraped off and there is slight burn scoring in the area where the card fried.
Oh Bugger.
This will be the 2nd time ive RMA'd my 4600 - Overclockers.co.uk are going to h8 me :(
Thanks for the solution anyway. Just a shame I didnt see it earlier.
Brett
Bloody hell. Now i've got a dead Ti4400. If only I'd read this thread before I installed my board. I realise this is an old thread, so sorry for digging it up, but this has just happened to me (only got the 8RDA+ 1.1 yesterday).
Once you've knocked the little transistor off is it possible to reconnect it? What I mean is, has my card fried without it? Mine was only knocked partially off, so it was able to be bent back to its proper spot. I did this, but still no boot. Has anyone recovered their card?
Thanks,
dojobi
I lost my Albatron Ti4200 to this. I knew about it at the time but i simply forgot. :(
Did you still have the transistor, or did yours fall off totally? I've rigged mine back up so that it is back in its original spot, but it still doesn't work. I was thinking that maybe the card REALLY doesn't like not having it, and the card dies.
WOW lucky I've been lazy the last couple days, got my 8rda+ on sat and a tbred1700+ a few days earlier was about put everything together and take my ti4400 from my other system. Lucky I didn;t make a move yet. Thanks Pilsy :banana: