The House of Substance: Death of a Graphics Card?

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

I'm getting irritating artifacts on my screen:

Anyone seen this before? I've got a dual G5 Mac with an ATI X800 XT card and I figger that's dying.

Mendacious D said...: Overheating, maybe. The onboard fans get sticky after a few years and may need cleaning.

Also, my CAPTCHA text is 'healig' for this comment. Portentious!; November 4, 2008 at 8:23 AM
Righteous Bubba said...: Yeah, I've removed the card and blown the dust out. No real improvements yet.; November 4, 2008 at 8:44 AM
zombie rotten mcdonald said...: did you vote yet? maybe you've got a vote clogging up your tubes...; November 4, 2008 at 9:17 AM
Righteous Bubba said...: Vote?; November 4, 2008 at 9:45 AM
zombie rotten mcdonald said...: or is that tomorrow?; November 4, 2008 at 11:55 AM

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