Hi Stewie! :) On Nov 29, 4:55 pm, Stewie de Young <[email protected]> wrote: > Is this the original hard drive in this machine ? LOL, no. I don't get many problems from it either. It's from my eMac (80GB) that I upgraded to a 500GB WD. > If it is, then it is what - close to ten years old - a pensioner in computing > years. > I'd look at that as probably the main culprit here going by some of the > follow up postings about other symptoms and not your video card. > A reinstall of OS9.2 wouldn't hurt either to start with but I'd look at > getting a newer HD first. I guess you may be correct on that, it couldn't hurt. I'll do that soon. > If you had no other symptoms , I'd say video card too and look at replacing > the heatsink with a small onboard fan. Sometimes the thermal paste between > the chip and the heatsink can become brittle and ineffective over time > leading to the card overheating and exhibiting symptoms like yours, so a > clean and reapplication can fix that or a better solution is to replace the > heatsink with a fan. You know, I've thought about that many a time after looking at the GPU fan options from PC mod sites that are compatible with a 9200 PCI card. I do have some MX-2 handy and I've used it before. So what you're suggesting sounds very logical. It doesn't seem economical to just throw it out without some handy work done first! Thanks so much for all the help!! :) ~Mike > > Stewie > > > > > Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:40:50 -0800 > > Subject: G3 9200 dying? > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > > I let my kids use my G3 B&W for their educational games with Mac OS > > 9.2.2. > > Lately I think my 9200 Mac Ed. 128 MB card may be flying the coup. > > Graphics seem slower than usual and sometimes there's little > > horizontal lines that flicker on the screen. It has a generic CRT 17" > > and 1GB RAM. It's a nice old workhorse that just won't quit that > > deserves a photo in the Lowend Mac hall of fame. ;) > > > Anyway, what should I do about this? I have the ATi rage I could try > > to see if this is software related. > > > Has anyone had one these cards die slowly with these issues? > > The lines issue doesn't persist too long and maybe I just need to > > clean the optical drive again and/or polish my media again. Any clues, > > please? > > Thanks! :) > > > Mike > > > -- > > 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 athttp://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtmland our netiquette > > guide is athttp://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list > > _________________________________________________________________ > Looking to move this spring? With all the lastest places, searching has never > been easier. Look now!http://clk.atdmt.com/NMN/go/157631292/direct/01/
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