Take the card with you, they might be able to test it for you! 73 Neal
On Wednesday, April 14, 2010, David Bovill <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Bob - will give it a go! > > > On 14 April 2010 19:38, Bob Sneidar <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Dave. >> >> If you take it to Apple and complain that the video card died just over a >> year they may take care of you. Sometimes they have extended warranty >> programs that you wouldn't know about unless you go ask. If you got the >> Applecare Protection Plan then it is still under warranty and you should >> DEFINITELY take it into Apple. >> >> Bob >> >> >> On Apr 14, 2010, at 11:15 AM, David Bovill wrote: >> >> > Thanks Neal - any way to test it is the graphics card without going out >> and >> > buying another one - I don't have any spare cards to hand? >> > >> > The machine and graphics card is just over a of year old - so I guess >> I'll >> > just have to go out and buy a new card, it was a farily expensive NVidia >> > effort.... hmmm can't even see how to buy one on the Apple UK Online >> Store. >> > >> > On 14 April 2010 18:50, Neal Campbell <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> >> I had almost the exact same thing a year ago and ultimately it would not >> >> boot at all (no chime, nothing). From what I understand, if it doesn't >> >> chime, it didn't pass the POST routine on the motherboard. >> >> >> >> You are right on, it turned out that the graphics card had burned out. I >> >> took it as an opportunity to upgrade to the 3870 radeon card which was >> >> crazily expensive versus what you get in the PC world but you gotta pay >> for >> >> no driver issues someway! >> >> >> >> Best wishes >> >> Neal Campbell >> >> Abroham Neal Software >> >> www.abrohamnealsoftware.com >> >> (540) 645 5394 NEW PHONE NUMBER >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 1:46 PM, David Bovill <[email protected] >> >>> wrote: >> >> >> >>> Today my MacPro suddenly decided to freeze - with pretty green stipes >> and >> >>> pink squares all over the screen. Restarting only worked after >> resetting >> >>> PRAM and rebooting in Single User Mode. It's been a very long time >> since >> >>> I've had a problem with an OSX machine - so I am wandering if there are >> >> any >> >>> diagnostic tips out there? If feels like an Xwindows / video card issue >> - >> >>> but I am wandering what steps I can take to help diagnose the issue? >> >>> >> >>> Thanks in advance :( >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >>> use-revolution mailing list >> >>> [email protected] >> >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> >>> subscription preferences: >> >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution >> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> use-revolution mailing list >> >> [email protected] >> >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> >> subscription preferences: >> >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> > use-revolution mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution >> >> ________________________________ -- Neal Campbell Abroham Neal Software www.abrohamnealsoftware.com (540) 645 5394 NEW PHONE NUMBER Amateur Radio: K3NC Blog: http://www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/blog/ DXBase bug reports: email to [email protected] Abroham Neal forums: http:/www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/community/ _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
