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"he wouldn't listen to a guy, let alone a girl.."

I can read, but you said "Cool, we got a tech girl here! <3 lol" like you were expecting Stephie_Girl to not be a girl

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So I took a gamble on a "not working" HD 7950 on Craigslist.  The ad said it was not working.  He described it as it ran hot so he took it apart, and there was some grey goo on it so it took it off and put it back together and now it works for a few seconds then shuts off.  He said he was trying to play metro last light and it was lagging on max settings so he thought it was over heating.

 

I asked him how hot was it running earlier, he said between 140-170.  Well I assumed it was Fahrenheit and I was correct.  I took it apart, cleaned it a little and applied thermal paste (HE REMOVED IT AND DIDN'T REAPPLY IT) and I am getting load temps on a modest curve around 50*C.  He lived in my city too so it was a 4 mile drive.  My god I feel bad for the guy, but what a gain for me xD.

Grey goo....AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! You scored big time on this one, GG.

 

 

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Hahaha, nay, I really meant that it was cool. Just a figure of speech Mr. Clarkson :P

I see, misinterpreted on my part then. It just reads like you were surprised that Stephie_Girl *is a girl.

 

 

 

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I see, misinterpreted on my part then. It just reads like you were surprised that Stephie_Girl *is a girl.

*Disclaimer: I am not responsible for people claiming to be one gender or another by means of their display name, gender is implied based on their chosen name and adhered to until evidence that proves otherwise surfaces. I'm not saying that every person that claims to be female is lying and is a really creepy guy or something I'm just avoiding the potential pitfalls that we are all aware of here on the internet.

Yeah, initially I was. But glad we have a mix of genders. Always good to have a POV of more than one :)

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Could have not been a greedy ass hole and let the guy know what was up. Give your head a shake.

Chill out, in the real world you would've done the same.

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Lol such a good deal. Thanks to your computer knowledge you have fixed a functioning gpu. :)

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I see, misinterpreted on my part then. It just reads like you were surprised that Stephie_Girl *is a girl.

 

 

 

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Are you the guy that talks really fast on tv?

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I can't fathom his ignorance. I guess people that stupid don't know about RMA either...but hey $50 card

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Could have not been a greedy ass hole and let the guy know what was up. Give your head a shake.

 

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This should be in the Experiences with Non-Techies thread xD

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I cant stop laughing :lol:

 

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So I took a gamble on a "not working" HD 7950 on Craigslist.  The ad said it was not working.  He described it as it ran hot so he took it apart, and there was some grey goo on it so it took it off and put it back together and now it works for a few seconds then shuts off.  He said he was trying to play metro last light and it was lagging on max settings so he thought it was over heating.

 

I asked him how hot was it running earlier, he said between 140-170.  Well I assumed it was Fahrenheit and I was correct.  I took it apart, cleaned it a little and applied thermal paste (HE REMOVED IT AND DIDN'T REAPPLY IT) and I am getting load temps on a modest curve around 50*C.  He lived in my city too so it was a 4 mile drive.  My god I feel bad for the guy, but what a gain for me xD.

Wait for another ad from him. He will buy another card and propably sh*t will happen again.

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Are you the guy that talks really fast on tv?

maybe

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RESULT.

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He musta been a console gamer ;)

No he was a PC gamer, just because he doesnt know hardware doesn't mean he is a console gamer

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