BSpot Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Hello... Is it possible that OS X burned up my graphics card? Is it possible that os x controls power/heat/fan (in x86) settings in a way that could cause card over heating? Just couple hours ago I checked my workstation and displays were all BLACK, and after rebooting and shut down(cooling down), it appears that there is some permanent damage happened to the card. While booting x86 BIOS, AMI BIOS text and everything is SCRABLED and JUNK on my screen. System just HALTS. Or is this just random brake down of my graphics hardware .. Please reply.. -D.Art Problem solved! Sorry about this quote. Im glad to inform you that Hacintosh DID NOT burn the ATI GPU. There was improperly fuctioning memory module (2 weeks old[buffalo]) which caused the scrambled boot screen. -D.Art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_gael Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 first thing i would check is the fan and fins on the card in case they are clogged with dust. this is a well known problem on Apple Macs using the Mac version of the the ATi 1900 card. On both my Mac Pro and Hac Pro I regularly inspect and clean the cards. Hello... Is it possible that OS X burned up my graphics card? Is it possible that os x controls power/heat/fan (in x86) settings in a way that could cause card over heating? Just couple hours ago I checked my workstation and displays were all BLACK, and after rebooting and shut down(cooling down), it appears that there is some permanent damage happened to the card. While booting x86 BIOS, AMI BIOS text and everything is SCRABLED and JUNK on my screen. System just HALTS. Or is this just random brake down of my graphics hardware .. Please reply.. -D.Art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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