Dead AIW 8500 128meg

[Paul ONeill]

I just purchased a almost new AIW 8500 on EBay from a seller with 100% +
feedback and the card appears dead...No display when booted. My monitor is a
Samsung 15" LCD with analog vga video.
This card is DVI with a Adapter for analog monitors. I have used NVIDIA for
the last several years and just started using ATI. Any knowledge and
opinions would be greatly appreciated. I can supply all system info if
needed.
Thanks, Paul

 

[Ar Q]

I just purchased a almost new AIW 8500 on EBay from a seller with 100% +
feedback and the card appears dead...No display when booted. My monitor is a
Samsung 15" LCD with analog vga video.
This card is DVI with a Adapter for analog monitors. I have used NVIDIA for
the last several years and just started using ATI. Any knowledge and
opinions would be greatly appreciated. I can supply all system info if
needed.
Thanks, Paul

Static can easily kill the graphic card in transmit. Better buy insurance
for Ebay merchandize.

 

[Sean]

I just purchased a almost new AIW 8500 on EBay from a seller with 100% +
feedback and the card appears dead...No display when booted. My monitor is a
Samsung 15" LCD with analog vga video.
This card is DVI with a Adapter for analog monitors. I have used NVIDIA for
the last several years and just started using ATI. Any knowledge and
opinions would be greatly appreciated. I can supply all system info if
needed.
Thanks, Paul

Does the system beep at all when you boot?

 

[Paul ONeill]

Yes there is two or three bepps, one is a longer beep I believe

 

[Dark Avenger]

I just purchased a almost new AIW 8500 on EBay from a seller with 100% +
feedback and the card appears dead...No display when booted. My monitor is a
Samsung 15" LCD with analog vga video.
This card is DVI with a Adapter for analog monitors. I have used NVIDIA for
the last several years and just started using ATI. Any knowledge and
opinions would be greatly appreciated. I can supply all system info if
needed.
Thanks, Paul

I guess you bought a dead card, to bad... never buy on Ebay my little
one, never buy on Ebay!

Anyhow, do have a chat with the seller, btw has the card any burn
marks or alike?

 

[Kev]

I guess you bought a dead card, to bad... never buy on Ebay my little

one, never buy on Ebay!

Anyhow, do have a chat with the seller, btw has the card any burn
marks or alike?

or missing caps
the one good thing is that if it is dead just rma it to ati.

 

[Sean]

Make sure the card is firmly planted in the AGP slot. If that doesn't
work...well, i guess try to RMA it to ATI or ask the seller what he's
willing to do.

 

[Paul ONeill]

No burn marks or missing caps. Seller says I should have at least a 350W P/S
and mine is only 300W P/S that came with the case.

 

[RKL]

No burn marks or missing caps. Seller says I should have at least a 350W P/S
and mine is only 300W P/S that came with the case.

and yet 200w shuttle cases work

 

[Barry Watzman]

Re: " I guess you bought a dead card, to bad... never buy on Ebay my
little one, never buy on Ebay!"

That is terrible advice. The buyer has lots of recourse, as appropriate
via E-Bay, via Pay-Pal, via credit card company, via seller, via ATI.
There is no reason here to give such sweeping (and bad) advice as "never
buy on E-Bay". Every transaction on E-Bay is insured for at least $200
in the event of fraud or misprpresnetation. Depending on the
circumstances and the type of payment, this may be $700 or more.

E-Bay is one of the best resources available to PC users.

 

[Barry Watzman]

Try it with a different computer and a different monitor; see if you can
try it with a real DVI monitor. If that fails, try to work out
something with the seller. If that fails, you have recourse through
E-Bay ($200 insurance if the card was misrepresented), and it's likely
that ATI will RMA the card. If you paid with Pay-Pal, you have recourse
through them also. If you paid with a direct credit card, you have
recourse through the credit card company. You should be able to get
this resolved one way or another.

 

[Ar Q]

No burn marks or missing caps. Seller says I should have at least a 350W P/S
and mine is only 300W P/S that came with the case.

My AIW 8500 works fine with 230W P/S, and I have two hard drives!

 

[Dark Avenger]

and yet 200w shuttle cases work

There are good PSU's and bad PSU's!

A 250W Enermax will surely be better as a no-name 360W, since the
No-Name might do 360W ... for a second or two. But the Enermax wills
for sure deliver you 250W

A good PSU is important for a stable system, now I don't want
everybody to scream and bleeth that a good PSU is expensive....

There are also cheaper PSU's that are fine enough, I run quite a
system with a Chieftec 360W and I must say... the PSU keeps working
fine, everything is stable!