Buggy AMD software may have let defective cards reach shelves.

Posted By: Steve McBarnes - 03:37:56 Wed, August 01, 2007

Apparently there are many HD 2400 and HD 2600 chips with BIOS problems due some buggy AMD diagnostic and validation software. The issue has been encountered by makers like ASUS, MSI, and Gigabyte and one company has already recalled 20,000-30,000 units so far. Most of these defective units are either already in the "channel" or already on their way back to the makers. Apparently very few defective chips are on video cards that are currently in the hands of customers (Maybe that's because few people have purchased a HD 2400 or HD 2600. Ooo burn!). DigiTimes has any additional information that you may require.

11 Comments

Wednesday, August 01, 2007 7:07:34 PM

Gonnai
guest

Sounds like AMD is going down.. while they should be trying to claim better levels.
this sounds bad.. I hate it

Wednesday, August 01, 2007 11:48:43 PM

Wraithdagger
guest

In trouble and they screw up again. Badly.

*sound of plane in uncontrolled dive* *sound of explosion*

That's what's happening right now.

Wednesday, August 01, 2007 11:56:38 PM

Yeh, if I could just get someone to donate 1,000,000,000 dollars to AMD, that would be great, Thanks.

Thursday, August 02, 2007 3:16:21 AM

anonymousD
n00b

had first hand experience with the faulty 2400pro's .

Saturday, August 04, 2007 4:33:47 PM

Dissapointed
guest

I am currently building a pc with a HD2400 by powercolor, and it will not go into 16X mode.. it always runs at 1X on my P5B deluxe, even after i tried all kinds of things like changing the PCIE from 100Mhz to 103mhz as was stated in asus forum.

Does this have anything to do with the recall? How can i find out if my vid card is defective?

Monday, August 06, 2007 11:09:09 PM

dancob
guest

hi everyone, im new on this page, and from another country but i've already bought an HD 2600 XT gddr4 from sapphire, i dont know if this card is defective, but my pc is not responding normally, sometimes the screen dies and if i restart, the os is giving problems... some pages says that it can be prooved by using the uvd decoder, but i dont know certainly how to use and proove it. i pray the problem is on my psu, but help me plz :(

Thursday, August 09, 2007 9:36:00 AM

Radiator
Senior Member

What PSU are you using ?

Sunday, August 12, 2007 12:44:19 AM

dancob
guest

i'm using a generic 550w psu, i think it's 400w real, for much.

Wednesday, August 15, 2007 9:36:00 PM

dancob
guest

seems that my vcard isnt defective, the chipset is the correct one, but now i have an artifact problem xD, no oc, tested on ati tools and artifact test, bad results.

Sunday, August 19, 2007 8:10:12 AM

Shargrath.
guest

hey dancob if your still having the problem you could try underclocking the 2600xt significantly and/or re install the latest drivers if the artifacts are still occurring it would be best to RMA it

Wednesday, August 29, 2007 6:23:35 PM

dancob
guest

ok, thx for the help, im gonna RMA it.

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