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Quoted from Spike Himself

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Take off the cooler, clean up all the cooling paste, put the cooler back on.

And “the man” wont notice that?

I once took all the cooling components off a motherboard, wiped it all clean, applied my own thermal paste, and then it didn’t work anymore. Got it replaced by warranty :)

Quoted from sgN^

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Was thinkin that I would flash the gpu, turn the computer off while updating the GPU in bios.

I don’t think flashing attempts are covered by warranty though.

Rofl, try to put the pcie bus at stupid speed in bios or overvolt it but while its good way to kill gpu i wouldnt want to stand near it

Maybe electro static discharge might be better idea

Quoted from AnimaL

Maybe electro static discharge might be better idea

i agree, charge up and put your hands all over the card

Why don’t you just explain to said company that the replaced card isn’t an acceptable replacement for your needs, and get one that is.

You will surely get the karkland.

Quoted from sgN^

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There’s nothing wrong with the card I got as a replacement, I wanna completely kill off one of my GTX 480’s, the one that I have left that they couldnt find an issue with.

I think he meant tell them the card they sent as a replacement isn’t the model you require, regardless if it works or not.

Quoted from Russian Guyovich

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I think he meant tell them the card they sent as a replacement isn’t the model you require, regardless if it works or not.

Why? It’s not the card I want to get rid off?