How to intentionally brick a gpu?

[Timebomb123]

Is there any way to brick my fury x intentionally and then recover it later? the reasons are pretty complicated. let's just say it's for research purpose :3

[tarfeef101]

Yes. Send it to me. 100% guaranteed it will not work for you anymore.

[captain cactus]

How bad do you want it to be? Sure you can flash a corrupt BIOS to it to "brick" it or you can do physical damage but then it will never ever come back.

 

The more important question really would be:

 

[knightslugger]

if you can recover it later, then it's not bricked.

[Jurrunio]

flash the wrong vbios, then boot with integrated graphics/another graphics card, flash the correct one back in.

 

Last step is likely to not be possible at all. Even if it does, it's very possible to need special tools

[minibois]

Bricking it would imply no turning back, so uhhh.. no I guess?

 

There are various ways of bricking it, but if you want to brick it to RMA or whatever they should be able to find out what you did easily 

(Think flashing the wrong BIOS or unclipping the fan or whatever)

[knightslugger]

1 minute ago, Minibois said:

Bricking it would imply no turning back, so uhhh.. no I guess?

 

There are various ways of bricking it, but if you want to brick it to RMA or whatever they should be able to find out what you did easily 

(Think flashing the wrong BIOS or unclipping the fan or whatever)

exactly. they can reflash a card way easier than you can.

[DocSwag]

Flash wrong v bios?

 

Or just rip off a bunch of stuff on the pcb?

 

Idk what you want lol 

[PrimeSonic]

It really depends on how bad it needs to be and for how long.

Without getting into BIOS flashing, if you just want to make the card (and PC) unusable for a while, you can try setting a bogus overclock.

 

[Timebomb123]

Ok so..i guess i can't brick it.

 

So if i flash a corrupt BIOS i can re-flash the correct one again? Then that's what i wanna do.

 

 

Yes it's for RMA...i know in usa or eu they can easily find out.... but in our country it doesn't work like that...you just send the gpu to the shop and if they can't run it they let you take a new one immediately and send it for RMA later themselves lmao . so what i basically want to do is make the gpu unusable for a while, but not permanently damaged so that i can recover anytime.

 

[Nocte]

Do you want to swap?

 

[Nocte]

Just now, Timebomb123 said:

Ok so..i guess i can't brick it.

 

So if i flash a corrupt BIOS i can re-flash the correct one again? Then that's what i wanna do.

 

 

Yes it's for RMA...i know in usa or eu they can easily find out.... but in our country it doesn't work like that...you just send the gpu to the shop and if they can't run it they let you take a new one immediately and send it for RMA later themselves lmao . so what i basically want to do is make the gpu unusable for a while, but not permanently damaged so that i can recover anytime.

 

Then not only this is illegal, but it is also unethical. I would not laugh about it. 

You are basically promoting the failure of the shop you are buying into. 

If everyone acted like this in your country you are just hindering collective growth and development. GGs. 

[Timebomb123]

2 minutes ago, Eibe said:

Then not only this is illegal, but it is also unethical. I would not laugh about it. 

You are basically promoting the failure of the shop you are buying into. 

If everyone acted like this in your country you are just hindering collective growth and development. GGs. 

yeah but they charged 200$ more for the gpu for no reason in the first place, so i guess it's even ;-; anyway even if i don't do it, is it actually possible?

[tikker]

3 minutes ago, Eibe said:

Then not only this is illegal, but it is also unethical. I would not laugh about it. 

You are basically promoting the failure of the shop you are buying into. 

If everyone acted like this in your country you are just hindering collective growth and development. GGs. 

This is what I suspected already when I read the first post. Also, they might give you a new one, but they'll probably 1) contact you again when they find out what you did after they RMA themselves (presumably) and 2) You're not getting a better card I'd guess, just an equivalent one. So you won't gain anything either way?

 

Just sell it and put the money towards a new card if you want it that badly...

[tarfeef101]

7 minutes ago, Timebomb123 said:

Ok so..i guess i can't brick it.

 

So if i flash a corrupt BIOS i can re-flash the correct one again? Then that's what i wanna do.

 

 

Yes it's for RMA...i know in usa or eu they can easily find out.... but in our country it doesn't work like that...you just send the gpu to the shop and if they can't run it they let you take a new one immediately and send it for RMA later themselves lmao . so what i basically want to do is make the gpu unusable for a while, but not permanently damaged so that i can recover anytime.

 

Well I don't feel bad about my proposal then. 

[mefait]

1 minute ago, Timebomb123 said:

yeah but they charged 200$ more for the gpu for no reason in the first place, so i guess it's even ;-; anyway even if i don't do it, is it actually possible?

Why pay $200 more in the first place.

[tarfeef101]

1 minute ago, Timebomb123 said:

yeah but they charged 200$ more for the gpu for no reason in the first place, so i guess it's even ;-; anyway even if i don't do it, is it actually possible?

No reason? it's called supply and demand... and right now there's limited supply and lots of demand. 

sucks to be you but that doesn't mean you have the moral high ground to illegally rip off a company...

[Nocte]

Just now, Timebomb123 said:

yeah but they charged 200$ more for the gpu for no reason in the first place, so i guess it's even ;-; anyway even if i don't do it, is it actually possible?

Maybe, but as others said, you might not be able to recover it. 

They charged $200 more compared to what? The USA? Maybe because of taxes, border tariffs, trasportation costs, etc.? They are all costs that the retailer must cover. 

Plus, if you RMA it chances are that they keep the bricked GPU... You don't usually get to keep both. 

[PrimeSonic]

3 minutes ago, mefait said:

Why pay $200 more in the first place.

GPU prices have all gone up what with the crazy demand from crypo-currency mining.

You won't find any current GPU being sold at MSRP.

[mefait]

Just now, PrimeSonic said:

GPU prices have all gone up what with the crazy demand with crypo-currency mining.

You won't find any current GPU being sold at MSRP.

I know, but why did he still buy it. He could've just not bought it.

[PrimeSonic]

1 minute ago, mefait said:

I know, but why did he still buy it. He could've just not bought it.

Right now, if you want or need to buy a GPU, you don't really have too much choice unless you're willing to go for older hardware being sold use.

But yeah, OP is making no sense in trying to rip off a retailer for pricing reasons that are likely outside of the retailer's control.

[Timebomb123]

Just now, mefait said:

I know, but why did he still buy it. He could've just not bought it.

Because that's the cheapest we can get the card in our country.

 

2 minutes ago, PrimeSonic said:

GPU prices have all gone up what with the crazy demand with crypo-currency mining.

You won't find any current GPU being sold at MSRP.

I bought it almost 2 years ago....it was 600$ in US back then. Now i'm gonna upgrade anyway so i thought why not pay less ;-;

 

13 minutes ago, Eibe said:

Then not only this is illegal, but it is also unethical. I would not laugh about it. 

You are basically promoting the failure of the shop you are buying into. 

If everyone acted like this in your country you are just hindering collective growth and development. GGs. 

 

6 minutes ago, Eibe said:

Maybe, but as others said, you might not be able to recover it. 

They charged $200 more compared to what? The USA? Maybe because of taxes, border tariffs, trasportation costs, etc.? They are all costs that the retailer must cover. 

Plus, if you RMA it chances are that they keep the bricked GPU... You don't usually get to keep both. 

OK so i guess no one is telling me how to do it. fine. thanks for all ur replies though.

 

9 minutes ago, tikker said:

This is what I suspected already when I read the first post. Also, they might give you a new one, but they'll probably 1) contact you again when they find out what you did after they RMA themselves (presumably) and 2) You're not getting a better card I'd guess, just an equivalent one. So you won't gain anything either way?

 

Just sell it and put the money towards a new card if you want it that badly...

No they also let me upgrade to a better gpu for little money.

[Nocte]

Why don't you ask them if they would be willing to buy yours used GPU and get a newer one for a cheaper price?

 

Or how about selling it on eBay etc.? Crypto currency mining craze might get you more than $200...

 

There are so many ways you can upgrade for less money legally...

[Nocte]

3 minutes ago, Timebomb123 said:

so i guess no one is telling me how to do it.

No. Mainly because:

1) We are not here to support illegal practices. 

2) False RMA claims work against us as if it was common to do this GPU prices would be higher for everyone

[Timebomb123]

2 minutes ago, Eibe said:

Why don't you ask them if they would be willing to buy yours used GPU and get a newer one for a cheaper price?

 

Or how about selling it on eBay etc.? Crypto currency mining craze might get you more than $200...

 

There are so many ways you can upgrade for less money legally...

 

1 minute ago, Eibe said:

No. Mainly because:

1) We are not here to support illegal practices. 

2) False RMA claims work against us as if it was common to do this GPU prices would be higher for everyone

okay thank you for morally enlightening me so what can be the ways to upgrade for less money. sell it off with a high price taking advantage of the mining scene?