GeForce GTX 570 caught fire

[Svinvan]

This is unbelievable !!
A friend saved all his money to get a brand new game pc.
Finaly he went to the shop and asked for an extreme gaming pc.
The shop suggested to take a Gigabyte mobo with GTX570 SLI.
he waited for a month, then they finaly called him to say the mobo is not good.
So in the beginning of this week they suggest to take ASUS 1366P6X58D Premium, he agreed and today new phone call....
"I 'm very sorry but one of your GTX570 caught fire, we suggest you to pick up your pc and play with 1 GTX570.

This is not normal right? Anybody had same problem?
What should he do, just accept this?
The pc was over 2000 euro.

 

[dividebyzero]

Why the hell are you posting?
Sounds like "your friend" needs legal advice. Maybe you should have friend post in the "Belgian Consumer Law" section.

 

[red1776]

Why yes....I had this happen only last week

 

[captaincranky]

So glad I decided to stay with an IGP "solution" . .... :haha:

Why yes....I had this happen only last week

If you PM me the particulars, I'll start a thread about it for you!

 

[red1776]

So glad I decided to stay with an IGP "solution:. ....:haha:

Yeah....like IGP's never catch fire! :wave:

 

[captaincranky]

Yeah....like IGP's never catch fire! :wave:

Only in SLI or crossfire. If you run them single ended, they give no trouble whatsoever.

 

[red1776]

Only in SLI or crossfire. If you run them single ended, they give no trouble whatsoever.

:haha:

 

[captaincranky]

How did the AMD sponsored Boy Scout Troupe start their campfire?

By rubbing two GTX-570s together....!

 

[red1776]

How did the AMD sponsored Boy Scout Troupe start their campfire?

To get to the other side!...no...ohhhh

 

[Svinvan]

UPDATE:
By now everything has been replaced in the original order.
Now the shop claims the problem was a factory error in the I7 960.
they replaced that now also, test will be finished in an hour.
then we can get the pc.

Very curious what will happen next.
Anyway, if after replacing the cpu it is still not ok, they are going to give back all the money.
Kind of hoping that he gets the money back so he can order everything online and build the computer at home.

 

[dividebyzero]

Yeah....thanks for the update. It's been agonizing waiting to hear the outcome.

I hope the movie adaptation stays true to the original story.

 

[Svinvan]

Sorry to waste your time.... chief!!

 

[Leeky]

And there was me thinking I was the only one around here setting fire to things!! :haha:

Nice comments guys!

 

[Row1]

SRSLY, now intrigued

SRSLY, now intrigued