After installing the used Accelero S1 Rev. 2 I bought for a ridiculously high price (since I couldn't even purchase it new... no shop in Buenos Aires had it) I put my card in and start the PC...
[Goes into BIOS--> Looks at temps: "Hmm, ok, no problems here" --> Boots up.....no....doesn't boot...suddenly BLUE LINES, BLUE VERTICAL LINES EVERYWHERE].
Chuckdamnit my precious 4850 I bought from newegg with the help of rkcstr is now dead. Ugly polygons and dots were abundant when I got the PC to actually boot and reach Windows.
What happened? I don't know. All I know is I threw $800 to the trash (conversion rates suck).
As far as I know, the problem was the VRAM... maybe I pressed too hard on the VRAMs when installing the ramsinks?
Some guy on an Argentinean forum said it could've been static... I remember getting a small shock when touching the stock heatsink (should've used an anti-static wristband... but I don't have one... I'll improvise one with some copper wire next time ).
Anyway, I followed some advice I read on US forums to BAKE the card (yes, bake, like GLaDOS tried to do with many of us)... aaaaaaand what do you know? The card doesn't even let the PC boot up anymore.
Seems like Murphy's law at its best :cryyy:
What now? I'll probably get a used 9800GT Ultimate to put the Accelero on...
[Goes into BIOS--> Looks at temps: "Hmm, ok, no problems here" --> Boots up.....no....doesn't boot...suddenly BLUE LINES, BLUE VERTICAL LINES EVERYWHERE].
Chuckdamnit my precious 4850 I bought from newegg with the help of rkcstr is now dead. Ugly polygons and dots were abundant when I got the PC to actually boot and reach Windows.
What happened? I don't know. All I know is I threw $800 to the trash (conversion rates suck).
As far as I know, the problem was the VRAM... maybe I pressed too hard on the VRAMs when installing the ramsinks?
Some guy on an Argentinean forum said it could've been static... I remember getting a small shock when touching the stock heatsink (should've used an anti-static wristband... but I don't have one... I'll improvise one with some copper wire next time ).
Anyway, I followed some advice I read on US forums to BAKE the card (yes, bake, like GLaDOS tried to do with many of us)... aaaaaaand what do you know? The card doesn't even let the PC boot up anymore.
Seems like Murphy's law at its best :cryyy:
What now? I'll probably get a used 9800GT Ultimate to put the Accelero on...