Damn, the 6800GT OC is hawt!

[Rob Williams]

This card is so hawt in fact, that it 'sploded!

Check out this situation. I finally was getting around to put together my Intel rig, and everything went fairly smoothly. After fiddling around for a while trying to get the thing to boot, it finally happened!

I boot up the machine and *SPARK pop BAM*, I lost all power in my room. To make a long story short, I pulled out the video card and took a close look. Check out the pictures to see what happened.

As if the card was not enough, whatever happened to the card also took out my monitor at the same time.. because it will not work regardless of what I do.

Let me know your thoughts :)

[madmat]

That's just totally farked!! So much for that new card they sent you!!

[drool]

wow, so much for getting an overclocked card.

Hopefully you can get a full refund back

[Rob Williams]

Well, this is my second card from them. The first one I sent back because of overheating issues, but at least it didn't spark! They are obviously going to push the same card on me, but I do *not* want that model. I would take a 6800GS instead; I don't care if it's a downgrade.

[madmat]

Does the Intel still work??

[Rob Williams]

It works, but I run into random problems. I am 95% sure all is fine, other than a dead Corsair stick. Not sure if it was the mobo that killed it though..

[madmat]

Feedback from the PCI-E through the NB maybe??

[Rob Williams]

No idea really, it could be anything. I would think that if it would kill *one* stick of memory, that it may affect more than just that though.

Computers up and running, using my 7800. Seems to be working fine also, but I won't really be able to benchmark anything until I get a working kit of DDR2.

[madmat]

I take it the Corsair was the only DDR2 you had...

[Rob Williams]

Of course. Should be getting a 1GB kit in the mail this week tho.

[madmat]

That's good, Try RMA'ing the Corsair after that gets in then...

[Rob Williams]

Well it's a review sample, so a regular RMA would not likely apply. I will just have to talk to them on Monday.

Just sent off an e-mail to BFG and hope to receive a reply in the next two days. Usually they are pretty quick so I expect one soon enough. I am just hoping they will not try to force another 6800GT on me, because it won't happen.

[madmat]

If they do I'll take it ;)

[Rob Williams]

Lol. If they give me anything back, it will be a slight downgrade or upgrade. I paid $620CAN for that card and used it for three months. What a waste of money :-/

[madmat]

Ouch!

[Tech-Daddy]

I had a friend of mine that sparked his BFG... how discouraging. Lifetime warranty is cool, but if the damn thing is a fire hazard... then I dont want one!

[Rob Williams]

Exactly man, it could have burned my house down :D

[Bobbythecat]

BFG adding some excitement to your life I see :P

[CoolZone]

ouch...what an exploding video card...you should get a full refund.

[Worldstar]

ouch...what an exploding video card...you should get a full refund.

If a video card explodes, they should do a *lot* more then just give him a full refund. They should pay for any damage to his rig too.

[Pha1lure]

Hey, dont get down on the 6800GS. I have one, it works great. And you can overclock it better than a 6800GT so its much better value, but now that the 7600GT came out I would go for that, it costs less and gets you better performance.