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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Desktop Hardware
Early 2008 Mac Pro fried GPU
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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1587010" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>Thanks for the info. </p><p></p><p>All of these folks are relying on what you tell them. If what you're telling them is inaccurate in any way…then their assessment (over the phone or via email) will be incorrect also. This is called GIGO. Look this up if you don't know what it means.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>From what I'm reading in this thread…I'm not seeing a lot of evidence that we are dealing with a bad video card. You may very well have a bad video card…but with the info in this thread so far…I'm not seeing it.</p><p></p><p>What I'm primarily seeing is the statement…"I have a bad video card/gpu." My question is…what are you experiencing/seeing…that makes you think you have a bad video card???</p><p></p><p>Then to confuse things further…you changed your mind (since you ran some sort of diagnostics)……and go from I have a bad video card to I have a bad hard drive. </p><p></p><p>Bad video cards don't just disappear. You don't go from a situation with a bad video card to a bad hard drive…unless the initial diagnosis (bad video card) was wrong.</p><p></p><p>You said that all of those folks you interacted with (internet searches, Applecare rep., Apple Genius, 2 separate authorized repair technicians)…all said "bad graphics card". If this is the case..how or why did you change your mind from "bad graphics card" to "bad hard drive"??</p><p></p><p>AGAIN…please provide some sort of info/symptoms that wold indicate that you have a bad graphics card…so we can make some sort of intelligent diagnosis.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Nothing new here. We have heard this before.</p><p></p><p>- Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1587010, member: 56379"] Thanks for the info. All of these folks are relying on what you tell them. If what you're telling them is inaccurate in any way…then their assessment (over the phone or via email) will be incorrect also. This is called GIGO. Look this up if you don't know what it means.;) From what I'm reading in this thread…I'm not seeing a lot of evidence that we are dealing with a bad video card. You may very well have a bad video card…but with the info in this thread so far…I'm not seeing it. What I'm primarily seeing is the statement…"I have a bad video card/gpu." My question is…what are you experiencing/seeing…that makes you think you have a bad video card??? Then to confuse things further…you changed your mind (since you ran some sort of diagnostics)……and go from I have a bad video card to I have a bad hard drive. Bad video cards don't just disappear. You don't go from a situation with a bad video card to a bad hard drive…unless the initial diagnosis (bad video card) was wrong. You said that all of those folks you interacted with (internet searches, Applecare rep., Apple Genius, 2 separate authorized repair technicians)…all said "bad graphics card". If this is the case..how or why did you change your mind from "bad graphics card" to "bad hard drive"?? AGAIN…please provide some sort of info/symptoms that wold indicate that you have a bad graphics card…so we can make some sort of intelligent diagnosis.:) Nothing new here. We have heard this before. - Nick [/QUOTE]
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