Thanks to those who responded to this inquiry. The card is clearly an
original Mac card; the bar code label which contains the serial
number also contains the description "Radeon 9800 Pro MAC 256M."
The seller offers a-7-day money back guarantee, so I will return it.
Thanks again for the help, everybody. This is a great group, and not
the first time I've received assistance from it.
Michael McMurtrey
Carrollton, TX
On Jan 28, 2012, at 5:02 AM, [email protected] wrote:
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Bad Video Card? [6 Updates]
Bad Video Card?
Michael McMurtrey <[email protected]> Jan 27 03:08PM -0600
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?
System specs:
Machine Name: Power Mac G4
Machine Model: PowerMac3,6
CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (3.3)
Number Of CPUs: 2
CPU Speed: 1.25 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 256 KB
L3 Cache (per CPU): 2 MB
Memory: 1.5 GB
Bus Speed: 167 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 4.4.8f2
Serial Number: XB40905UQ6P
Michael McMurtrey
Carrollton, TX
[email protected] Jan 27 09:47PM
I would send it back if you are able as card does not function as
it should. If it was AS IS then your pretty much stuck.
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From: Michael McMurtrey <[email protected]>
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Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:08:48
To: <[email protected]>
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Subject: Bad Video Card?
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?
System specs:
Machine Name: Power Mac G4
Machine Model: PowerMac3,6
CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (3.3)
Number Of CPUs: 2
CPU Speed: 1.25 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 256 KB
L3 Cache (per CPU): 2 MB
Memory: 1.5 GB
Bus Speed: 167 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 4.4.8f2
Serial Number: XB40905UQ6P
Michael McMurtrey
Carrollton, TX
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Kris Tilford <[email protected]> Jan 27 04:00PM -0600
On Jan 27, 2012, at 3:08 PM, Michael McMurtrey wrote:
> 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>
Bruce Johnson <[email protected]> Jan 27 03:42PM -0700
On Jan 27, 2012, at 2:08 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.
Magic smoke smell is always bad. I'd return the card and not risk
messing up the computer by trying it further.
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University of Arizona
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Barry Levine <[email protected]> Jan 27 07:38PM -0500
on 1/27/12 4:47 PM, [email protected] at [email protected]
wrote:
> I would send it back if you are able as card does not function as
it should.
> If it was AS IS then your pretty much stuck.
> From: Michael McMurtrey <[email protected]>
True. But Ebay sellers like to avoid the negative ratings.
Even for something sold AS IS, unless it was dirt-cheap and clearly
a case
of caveat emptor.
Barry
pdimage <[email protected]> Jan 28 08:56AM
> the computer. Upon reinstallation of the original video card, the
smell has
> disappeared.
> What's the consensus? Is this card defective?
It's probably a flashed PC card - and perhaps flashed with the wrong
bios if the full memory is not showing in profiler. If the original
manuf
sticker is intact the card can be identified with the 102 number
from it at
this page.......
<http://apps.ati.com/102lookup/>
fixing a bios mismatch can be problematic so I should return it as
faulty.....
> 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:
Resoldering these jumpers is purely in order to remove the 64k bios
flash lock to enable a 128k bios flash for macs as the PC bios is
64k or
less.
Pete
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