Will an ATI Radeon 9200 mac edition graphics card work in a pre-2008 Mac Pro?
(OS X 10.5.8 Leopard, 2.66 Ghz, 250GB, 4 GigsRAM)
My computer locks up after the chime, in the pale gray screen with the charcoal logo and spinning wheel after about a minute and a half of spinning.I would try reinstalling the OS, but it just quits when I try to start from a Tech Tool CD. (I got the drive to open by restarting holding the left mouse button). And I know the hard drive is okay because I ran fsck in single user mode & can access it from my iBook G4 via firewire.
The reason I think it may be the graphics card is that the pale gray screen now has waves of light aqua pixels across it, and when the crash occurred, 3D tiles on the screen suddenly became blown out as pixellated extrusions and the colors changed. If that doesn't sound likely, any other suggestions are welcome!
(OS X 10.5.8 Leopard, 2.66 Ghz, 250GB, 4 GigsRAM)
My computer locks up after the chime, in the pale gray screen with the charcoal logo and spinning wheel after about a minute and a half of spinning.I would try reinstalling the OS, but it just quits when I try to start from a Tech Tool CD. (I got the drive to open by restarting holding the left mouse button). And I know the hard drive is okay because I ran fsck in single user mode & can access it from my iBook G4 via firewire.
The reason I think it may be the graphics card is that the pale gray screen now has waves of light aqua pixels across it, and when the crash occurred, 3D tiles on the screen suddenly became blown out as pixellated extrusions and the colors changed. If that doesn't sound likely, any other suggestions are welcome!