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  1. Posts : 1,269
    Windows 7 Ultimate Retail Box (64-bit installed) + Service Pack 1
       #61

    I will not be totally shocked if the next one has same problem, I would have put that new video card in another system before RMA'n it.

    I have so many old video cards, last one that went bad was like 7 cards back, I don't overclock at all though, so YMMV.

    Run a Linux LiveCD build on the system with that card in, if it works perfect it's highly unlikely the card.

    A spare HD to install whatever OS to, for virgin testing, if I need it, which I would do in a case like this one, any old 20+ gig HD will do. [Compuvest is a great place for old parts]
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  2. Posts : 1,568
    Windows 8.1.1 64bit
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       #62

    OK. I'll byte,

    If it is not the new GPU, then what is the problem ?

    I now have the "old" GeForce 210 in my new system and there is no problems at all.

    How do you explain this ?
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  3. Posts : 1,269
    Windows 7 Ultimate Retail Box (64-bit installed) + Service Pack 1
       #63

    Bugs

    I hope it was just a bad card, though.

    Normally, a bad video card is a lot more obvious than that.

    Linux Mint has a sweet LiveCD, I suggest you get one ready. 1 DVD-R investment. :)

    http://www.linuxmint.com/download.php

    The LiveCD is also the install DVD, I have been using the KDE variants, if you have never dabbled.
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  4. Posts : 5,915
    Windows 10 Pro X64
       #64

    The first card was the bug, he will be fine.
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  5. Posts : 1,568
    Windows 8.1.1 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #65

    Bugs !

    This does not explain anything.

    How much more obvious does the GPU have to be ?
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  6. Posts : 1,269
    Windows 7 Ultimate Retail Box (64-bit installed) + Service Pack 1
       #66

    Maybe I missed something, I was late to catch up on the matter with the new card purchase.

    My bad card experiences have been NO picture what so ever, scrambled picture, very high res multicolored thin line patterns, some type of shrieking noise and in some cases black streak on the card electronics, and I recall one having part of the PCB break off.

    AKA, more obvious.

    Black streaks generally after the fan fails, I would surmise... only one fire! muhaha

    I have been inside thousands of cases.

    BUGS covers a lot of stuff we ourselves can't really know for sure, but includes possible Motherboard (drivers) incompatibility with a NEW piece of hardware, perhaps?

    Here's another thread I just scared up with a 650 Ti Boost issue:

    http://www.techsupportforum.com/foru...sh-695659.html
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  7. Posts : 1,568
    Windows 8.1.1 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #67

    Yes, I guess you did miss something.
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  8. Posts : 1,269
    Windows 7 Ultimate Retail Box (64-bit installed) + Service Pack 1
       #68

    Fingers crossed.

    I prefer to buy cards local if I can for just this reason.

    I couldn't on my 7950 though, so I gambled as well.
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  9. Posts : 1,568
    Windows 8.1.1 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #69

    The new MSI GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost is in and running just fine.

    All the problems with the previous GPU have not returned, it's been 36hr's or so with no glitches.
    No pop-ups for the driver has stopped working and no Firefox crashes.

    The thing which bugs me is the CD which comes with it, the first one was useless and now the newest one is useless also. It will not auto-run, can't install anything that's on it.
    I did download the newest driver before I installed the new GPU, which saved me from digging thru the CD manually like the first time.

    Anyone else have this happen ?
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  10. Posts : 1,269
    Windows 7 Ultimate Retail Box (64-bit installed) + Service Pack 1
       #70

    I avoid hardware install CDs . when possible, they are must likely months behind.

    Glad it worked out, I just got a FX-8350 CPU installed, didn't go cleanly, but turned out BIOS reset via motherboard did the trick, just had to redo all the settings and back in business, whew!
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