AstroNoot

Guys, I bit the bullet and got it. Not for money. I gave the dude an R7 370 2GB in exchange. Im super happy The card had both VBIOSes effed up, managed to borrow a friend's CPU to reflash it and voila, it works! Got a good FurMark score, let it run for an hour, no crashes. Time for a proper game night! I hope it won't dissapoint me. P.S: For all the other people here that might consider the same thing I did, just don't. I took a gamble and i won. You might end up with a truly dead card.

By untested he meant that he didnt test it on a newer AMD system. He said he has an i5-3750K.

Hey guys! Two months ago I had to sell my Sapphire Nitro RX580 8GB to pay for some medication for a loved one. Like all the people in my area, I sold my GPU for like, 300$. I dont regret it, since that person now feels better than ever. Now, after realising how essential for my mental health gaming with friends is, during these times. I decided to buy a GPU so I can finally get back to gaming. The current GPU shortage just made the prices go even higher, and looking on insert romanian craigslist equivalent here i found a "presumably" dead RX580 4GB for sale, for 100$ The seller said he buys them in batch, either from mining rigs or , so he doesnt really bother testing them too much. It's interesting that he said the "GPU won't post on an intel system" but "might work on AMD systems or older DDR3 based intel systems" I have minor troubleshooting skills in terms of hardware, so I'm not sure how confident would I be buying this card and trying to fix it. Even if it sounds stereotypical, the dude on the phone sounds pretty old. The "I think the HDMI port from the motherboard will do just fine" kind of old. Would you buy the card if you were me? Is any card "forever" dead? EDIT: Seller says RGB and the fans turn on.

Hey guys! I have a Sapphire Nitro+ RX580 4GB and recently I started getting crashes when utilization is around 80%. Notice frequency reaches close to 1300MHz then drops back to 300Hz a few seconds before the crash. Screen goes black and the sound hangs until the next reboot. I can barely play anything. Please help. Here's the error: Problem signature Problem Event Name: LiveKernelEvent Code: 141 Parameter 1: ffffa10caa778050 Parameter 2: fffff806872609f0 Parameter 3: 0 Parameter 4: 434 OS version: 10_0_18363 Service Pack: 0_0 Product: 256_1 OS Version: 10.0.18363.2.0.0.256.48 Locale ID: 1033 I'll attach my reliability report crapcomputer.XML

Uh....no. Those leds are made to indicate what part failed during POST. So no. While its on,the PC wont work.

Mobo: MSI B450-A PRO CPU:Ryzen 5 3600 RAM: 2x8GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 3000MHz GPU: Saphirre RX580 Nitro+ 8GB So,I just built this PC. I got an annoying issue happening once in like....10 boots? The fans start spinning but the CPU led on the motherboard stays on. The PC boots absolutely fine once i turn it off and on again (this sounds super dumb) I dont mind the 5 seconds i lose by just turning it on and off,but i dont want the issue to degenerate in any way. Ideas?

Thanks all. Im trying an RMA with gigabyte. Fingers crossed.

So,it's dead. A useless piece of garbage with a pretty led on it ....god damn I'm almost crying

I told them a bit too much...they would've accepted the return of the mobo if my mouth wasn't that big. The retailer won't cover such services....welp....

Hey guys! A few days ago I built myself a new PC using a Ryzen 5 3600 CPU and an Gbyte Aorus B450 Elite motherboard. Since I live in a 3rd world country named Romania,during the bios update required for the motherboard,the power cut off. I did the bios update with a loaner cpu (Athlon 200GE). Now the motherboard won't post. The DRAM light is on,when booting. But the RAM is not a problem,since i got a replacement motherboard (MSI B450-A PRO) and it works just fine. Thing is: The motherboard has no failsafe for such problems. No DualBIOS and no Bios flashback button. The retailer voided my warranty. Is there anything I can do? I got a functioning system right now,but I still want to recover the 120$ i lost.

For the ones that don't have the money to buy a 1st gen or 2nd gen CPU and return it, just go for the AMD 200GE. It's the actual loaner CPU AMD will send you and did just fine for me,same Mobo. Good luck!