On 13/10/09 14:51, "Erik Hancock" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yes - Sawtoowth "AGP" version - the current card with no signal is the
> ATI Rage - presumably the original version (DVI and VGA ) posts.
>
> Tried the pram reset and to boot off master disc - with no video - found
> original rage 128 card and will try that - would pressing PMU reset be worth
> trying ?
>
> Secondly -
>
> On radeon card I found the fan was fried - is if possible to replace fan
> (easily removed from heat sink) and have a good card or is it possible that
> the card fried with over heating?
>
>
> Thanks
> Erik
>
It's very easy to replace the fan on a 9800 - just three screws and the
power connection - and a lot of the fans are interchangeable. The card may
survive overheating for a good while so it's worth trying another fan.
Entire heatsink and fan assembly is also easy to remove and refurbish with
fresh thermal transfer goop - usually just two plunge clips holding it on.
If you have another mac on lan and you think it's just the video you can
use vnc (chicken of the vnc is free) or remote desktop to view the screen of
the mac with no video to see what is happening...
Pete
--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~
You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for
those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs.
The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette
guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml
To post to this group, send email to [email protected]
For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
-~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
