Lol, awesome! If you have any trouble with it there is still acouple of months on the warranty I believe.

Its a New RMA though so you'll probably mine/game with it long before it dies.

Thanks for the great transaction!

^np

^^I have tried reflowing in an oven but I mostly reflow using a heat gun on the core only now. I don't know that there is much difference in outcomes to be honest, but it seems safer to me to just use a heatgun on the core. Thinking about trying an oven on a 5970 I have that will not post though.

Depends... Most cards that I have messed with that have that problem are not repairable with a reflow but sometimes its worth a try. Usually what happens is I'll reflow them, they'll start posting but will still artifact... Still aren't worth gaming on so I usually just leave them alone mining untill I need them for video output...

When this happens the cards probably need to be reballed... I however don't have the setup, and wouldn't feel comfortable doing that.

Its not too bad. I use a mini handheld torch with a "heat" attachment to flow the solder on the pcb. Wipe that off.... Then use a little solder paste you can buy online(it has silver, flux, and some other crap and basically comes out of a tube like goo). place the replacement smd caps on the paste... Use the torch to flow the solder paste...

All that said, I've found that replacing caps is pretty iffy. If the caps burnt out there was usually another reason that they did...

If you just knocked the caps off then replacing them has a better chance of working.

Let me know if you need any other advice.

I have some cards for sale:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=75.0

Pmed as well.

Updated with alternative cash prices. since bitcoin is fluctuating.

Shipped and tracking emailed to Nick.

Thanks!

I have a couple of 5970s that mine perfectly... All have not, however, been tested to play video games...
All reference cards.

A couple have been reflowed.

10btc for a 5970 that doesn't mine or post video... not reflowed... don't have the time. $110 OBO USD equivalent
20btc for a perfectly mining 5970...may have reflowed 1 or both cores.... $210
22btc for a perfectly mining 5970... never reflowed... not tested on gaming. $230

25btc for one guaranteed to play BF3... and mine!(not reflowed... have 3 or 4  of these) $250

Sapphire 7970... RMA replacement... Works great... BF3 at all Ultra settings, 100 view... Mines at 550mh/s 925core, 825memory, core voltage at 1.020 volts, memory at 1.5         ----                           30btc. $300 USD


6970... mines perfectly... artifacts in gaming... 8btc.  $90
6950... mines perfectly... artifacts in gaming... 6.5btc. $70


thanks!


Besides bitcoins... Will accept Wellsfargo bank transfers as well as paypal(if we've had a successful trade in the past or someone I've traded with will vouch for you).

Payment received. card is going out in the AM... thanks to the community and to legitnick!

Deal made, pending payment from legitnick. 70 in btc $20 in paypal.... shipping with tracking. Will ship out by tmrw morning if payment is in hand.

Thanks,

Just received a gigabyte 5870 RMA... Its the one with the dual fan and copper pipes.

Don't have room to mine with it so I need to get rid of it.

First person to send me $90 in bitcoin gets it. Shipping included to the US via USPS flatrate. Will also take a wellsfargo electronic bank transfer.


Thanks guys,
Andrew

Pmed ya^

Hey guys,

I am looking at buying FPGAs. Specifically in search of cairnesmore Spartan quads or similar. I would entertain BFL singles but since I am looking at using these for parrallel computing projects I am somewhat concerned that the BFLs don't have enough memory. Please disallusion me of this belief if I am incorrect.


Anyway, I am looking to pay $200 a piece for Cairnesmore/spartan quad FPGAs... Before people scream bloody murder I mainly mean to buy these as people transition to ASICs and as prices are dropping quickly I think that this will be a very good price for these in the next couple of weeks.

Additionally: I will be dropping the price I pay as I buy more of these/ASICs come on the market.


Also: If you have other FPGAs please let me know what you have and what you are looking to get.


PM is allways the best way to get my attention but I will be checking this thread somewhat regularly.

Thanks!
Andrew

Maybe a problem with the vrms... or some part of the power circuit feeding into the dvi. Try undervolting and lowering memory and core clocks and see if it stays stable for longer.

Unfortunately I have so many cards on my hands right now I'm mostly looking for the high mh/s cards. PM me if you'd like help trouble shooting though!

I think it has been entertaining as well... Are his terms reasonable to most of us? Who cares. I believe anyone that reads this thread has gotten a fair warning.

Anyway. Good luck on your sale. Being so stubborn you'll need it . But I think we should all stop hating on him.

I received the 5970s yesterday. They were well packaged and clean. I can tell this guy takes care of his hardware.


Thanks!

^Replied.

Pmed^

^Thanks I will try that.


Also: Last bitcoin I owed JJ is sent.

I undervolt my cards substantially... even have the memory undervolted on the 7970... and If I'm mining and watching video the drivers sometimes freeze. Granted I havn't played around with the settings much in cgminer but its not much trouble to pause the miner and play whatever I want... Then start it back up again.

I may try adding back 10 mVolts or so and see if that helps.