On Sep 17, 2011, at 1:18 PM, Charles wrote: > I just bought a second hand 7800 and installed in my G4 Dual 800. > > Works fine to begin with but eventually the system "locks up". > > Had to power off and on the reboot - got a lot of skewed random pixels on the > screen. > > I leave it sit for quite some time - boot it back up and everything is great > for a while but later locked up again. > > I put my old (stock) card back in and it runs and runs. > > Is it possible that these systems don't have adequate ventilation for this > hotter card? I did have the aux power connection connected.
I think you just discovered why it was available on the second-hand market....but make sure your video drivers are up-to-date. ISTR some issues with the GeForce line. -- Bruce Johnson "Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai, PhD -- 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
