Thanks Bob - will give it a go!
On 14 April 2010 19:38, Bob Sneidar <b...@twft.com> 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 <nealk...@gmail.com> 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 <da...@vaudevillecourt.tv > >>> 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 > >>> use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > >>> subscription preferences: > >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> use-revolution mailing list > >> use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > >> subscription preferences: > >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > use-revolution mailing list > > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution