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8800 gt crashing big time, help!

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Well TK you called it, and some others too! The card was fubared, picked up a bfg version today and brought it home plucged it in a whammo! works fine. BTW it has nothing to do with laziness :) I'v found in the world of computers that most times when you think it's something , its not! LOL! So I didnt want to send the card back , pay shipping , have them tell me nothings wrong with it, waiting for it to come back, blah , blah ,blah. You know what I mean? Anyways thanks for all the help boys! Now if you'll excuse me I've got some insanely fast gaming to do!!
 
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always flash in dos. windows flashing is nutoriously risky/

I've found flashing in XP to be VERY reliable if you turn off ALL unnecessary crap running in the background and obviously anti-virus software. I've flashed many Biostar and gigabyte boards/ gfx cards from within windows without fail. Just make sure your system is stable before doing so; a spare CMOS chip with BIOS on it comes in handy too in case you don't have a way of hotflashing in your immediate vicinity! :laugh:

To get back on topic I hope you get that dodgy card replaced soon, nothing like waiting on a new part which turns out to be buggered :mad:

I've changed to a Club3D 3870 for £132 inc postage as well as CBC didn't have any 8800s after a month's wait but DID have a pair of these :rockout:
 
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