On Jan 27, 2012, at 3:08 PM, Michael McMurtrey wrote:
i recently purchased a Radeon 9800 Pro video card from an ebay
seller. It was advertised as 256 Mb VRAM, and there is indeed a
sticker on the card which identifies it as such. However, after
installation, System Profiler reports it as 128 Mb VRAM, not 256,
and there is a distinct hot, ozone smell coming from the computer.
Upon reinstallation of the original video card, the smell has
disappeared.
What's the consensus? Is this card defective?
Is it possible this isn't a Mac card, but rather a PC card? As I
recall, it was possible to convert the PC cards into Mac cards, but
you had to solder several 10K Ohm resistors over to alternate
positions, like jumpers. If you didn't solder these, it was possible
to burn-out something on the card. See this:
<http://thomas.perrier.name/otherStuff/ati9800convertEN.html>
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