Yeah, let's justsay I wasn't satisfiedwiththeexperience.
However, itdidmakeforentertainingvideo.
If I dosaysomyselfoffthepublishing, thatvideo, a lotofyouguystoldmethat I shouldn't letitgo, and I shouldgetbackincontactwithJeffinordertotryandget a refund.
Thisisthestoryofwhathappened.
So I contactedJeff, whosurprisingly, hadn't blockedmeandaskedfor a refundof £100 inexchange 45 45 back.
Asyoumayremember, hethenhitmewiththe I canalsorepairandreturnTheJewticksfor 84 years.
That's odd.
Hehadpreviouslytoldmeithadbeenresponsiblyrecycled, hesaid, It's broken, but I canrepairitforyoufor £75 usingheatblast.
WhatJeffmeantwasthathewasgoingtoputitintheovenonsometinfoilfor 5 to 10 minutesof 200 degreesCelsiusinordertogetitworkingagain.
Now, thisis a processthatsomecallrebawling.
Butallyou'redoingreallyisjustputting a graphicstartintheoven.
Itdoeswork.
Surprisingly, insomecases, youcanresurrect a deadGPUlikethis, perhapsforfiveminutes, maybefivemonthsifyou'relucky, butisn't a servicethatsomeoneshouldreallychargethatamountofmoneyforandit's not a longtermsolution.
I didn't tellhimaboutthevideo, buttherewassomethingabouthimthatsaid, I'm goingtodosomethingthatyou'renotgoingtolike.
I gotthe 4 80 backandthemoneyback, andforsomereason, itwasnowmissingthesparklesticker.
I guesshetookthatoffbecausehewasgoingtotryandselliton.
Hopefully, I wouldn't notice.
Maybehethought I'd beonthelookoutforit, which I waas.
Andbyremovingthestickerhere, itwouldlooklike a slightlydifferentcard.
Buttheserialnumbersdomatchup.
Thisismyoldfor 80.
I haven't testedityetsincegettingitback.
I waswaitingforyouguys.
I wanttoseeifitisbroken.
AsJeffsays, Maybeit's beenbrokenonpurposebyhim.
Um, butwhoknows?
Weallknow.
Youguysknow, and I knowthatitwasn't brokenwhen I wentintothis.
Soitbeinterestingtoseeifitisworkingnoworwhetherornot, as I say, ithasbeenpurposelydamagedbecausehedidtellmethatif I don't haveitrepairedusinghisserviceisitwouldn't work.
DespitewhatJefftoldme, Andi, as I satdownfor a littlebitof a gamingsession, itwasnicetoseethatthecardstillperformedasitshould.
Asexpected, therewerenoartifactsonscreen.
Itdidn't breakhalfwaythroughmygamingsession.
Itworkedjustaswellasitdidbefore I droppeditoffatJeff's Houseinsidemyriseinfivegamingrig.
Sothatwholerebowlingthing, thatheatblastingthingthat I wastoldcouldbeofferedas a repairservicewasjustanotherwaytotryandsqueeze a littlebitmoremoneyoutofme.
When I gothome, I hadactuallybeenblockedbyJeff, whichis a littlebitof a shame.
Aslongasitdoesn't affectmyabilitytoreporthim, then I'm prettyhappywiththat.