Defective video card

[azndrifter318]

I bought a 9600pro, which in my opinion is a pretty good video card (just never tested with hl2 yet) but I think it's become defective. After maybe 2 months, my screen has turned black with funny colors even when i'm not doing graphic intensive stuff (typing, looking a web sites). I restarted the computer and now my computer doesn't start correctly. I should explain the way my computer sounds when it starts. Regularly, when I the power the computer on, (i think its the cpu fan), the fan starts real loud then after a second it's nearly silent. With the graphic card in the fan doesn't go silent and theres nothing on the screen, even when i change the monitor plug in to the onboard VGA port. When i pull the graphics card out, the computer runs normally. This has to be a problem with the graphics card right? Cuz i just bought my computer also and my dad kill me if i messed it up.

Has neone else had to send a video card back to Radeon due to it being defective? Do you have to pay to ship it or what?

 

[Matrixhasu77]

Have you tried testing the card in another system? If it works fine in another system then it could be something else. Maybe your monitor is dying?

I'd test the card in another system (preferably one you don't care about) first.

 

[Event]

There is a possibillity that your card has a broken fan. Can you run the computer with the case open to see if the fan is spinning? If the fan doesn't sound normal, that might be the problem. Either it's not spinning or it is grinding on something and not producing enough airflow. When your monitor goes all funky, do bars appear all along the screen? That is a sign of an overheating video card.

 

[azndrifter318]

It's the CPU fan thats not functioning normally, NOT the GPU fan. The CPU fan usually goes silent withing 3 seconds into bootup. But with the vid card in the cpu fan doesn't go silent and nothing appears on the monitor even if i move the vga port to the onboard plug.