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well update to my friends system the rma mobo came in. i got it all wired up and then double check to make sure all is good.

then i plug in the power and then turn on the psu and then push the big button. pc booted up and i had a monitor and then bios screen, so i went threw it and made sure all was well there.

well it all looked good from there so i did the F10 and then Y for yes and then Enter to save and reboot.

well i got 2 bios halt errors 1 for cpu temp and the other for north bridge temp. oh great i get a mobo with a new dual problem just freaking great!! and he is not to happy either.

and i remind him" never ever buy a open box product from newegg ever again"

so back on the phone to asus tech support , good thing i got there number in my cell rofl! cause newqegg number for asus doesnt work!!

well there tech told me maybe there is a problem with his psu so i need to try another psu and see if it does it again.

well i told him that i dont have a psu big enough to run his 295. but i he does have a 8800gtx and i got a 700watt that would run that.

so he takes off to get that 8800gtx while i get the 700watt of mine all hooked up. i plug in the 8800gtx and then do the same thing but i go straight to the bios hardware monitor page and watch the temps from there.

well the dam cpu temp starts to climp up like it did before. from 32C and i shut it off at 40C all in less then a minute!!

so back on the phone, my cell phone that is and let them know same dam thing. so got a new rma and this is the 3rd one they tell me.

this is were its gets weird cause im like this is the 2nd 1 for him but they said well for the 1st mobo it is now the 3rd so it is free ship both ways. i tell friend to get the box 1st mobo came in from newegg.

low and behold it says on it RMA# so and so im like WTF! newegg did a rma on that mobo and sent you a rma mobo.

and a again i tell him this is just 1 of the reason why you dont buy open box!! from newegg!!

so now i have 2 mobo that need to go back and hes not happy and i am not either cause i got another pc taking up room on my work bench.

but now with my system the new psu seems to be working well so i sent out the MIR for $30 so i will have that some time maybe this yr rofl!! even though it will be a credit card.

so far only stalker soc has the stuttering in it and from another forum they said to try the 1.005 patch so i did just that. it seems to run a little better but it still does but i guess it could be the 285 so i may just call them and tell them i still have some issues yet but not as bad as before.

so maybe they will do another rma which i will do a cross ship as well. i have been thinking of trying my friends BFG295 out and see if my system could run it but im not sure if the psu will though.

well since i am still having problem with this card yet. i sent a email to the tech support dude. and this time i said if they dont send me a different gfx card i want my money back on it.

cause i am a very unhappy customer right now yet. and i have been very unhappy with this card since i got it from day 1.

so i have been looking if they do send me my money back or rma this 1 once more. i will try and sell it and take that money and sell the other corsair dominator ram i have.

the same stuff that is in my main rig. the 2 sticks of 2048mb of pc28500 ddr21066 5x5x5x16 with fan cooler. for like $80 to $90 plus ship since i see that newegg still sells it for $126 yet
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820145197
so it should sell good yet for that price and it still works cause i am using it right now since i have 8gigs which is 4 sticks of ram.if i had the cash i could get the color of can of who ever wanted the ram and change them for them for free if they bought the ram. since i didnt that before with the other ram cooler i had once before.

this is what i have for fans in it now in mine
http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/ ... s_id=22092
they are 40mmx20mm fans and all i have to do is do some cutting and soldering and wire luming and then i am done takes about 1/3hr or so to do it. b

but if i do this is what i plan to do and get
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814150443

what do yalls think of my choice?

well i posted in EVGA forum under the advance RMA section and there top dude posted. since yesterday when i called i was waiting for 20 minutes and decided to let there call back do its work. well it did work so that when i decide to post on there forum.

in which Joe Darwin replied and stated that he will make sure some one will call me the next day to help me out. well that worked since the 1st dude basically gave up on me, well i thought he did since he hasn't called or email me back on any of my emails i sent out to him.

now this dude has me run some program that scans my system and makes a file for me to send back to him. which i did and sent it to him. he then replys back stating that all it shows that my system could use a defrag!!!!

im like WTF!! A Defrag!! come on the problems i have and this is the best they can come up with !! WTF!!! i am past p!$$ right now and i really rather have my money back. but he said they will send me another rma 285 sc again and it will be tested on the games i play and so on.

so now once they ship that to me i wont be using it i will ebay it. so im going to sell that new rma 285sc and getting the xfx 5870 and go that route. and say good bye to evga for good i think since this has left a real bad taste for me.