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- May 8, 2012
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- St. Joseph, MO
- Your Mac's Specs
- 30" Apple display; Mac Pro 1,1 tower OSX 10.6.8. Mac Pro 1,1 tower OSX 10.11.6, MacBook Pro 6,1 lap
I have an oldie Mac Pro 1,1 I bought new in 2007.
OS 10.6.8
A few years later, the graphics card went out. Bought a new one on eBay; a 1Gb Radeon (just moved so finding the original receipt with the full description is not going to happen anytime soon). Adding the 1Gb didn't make much difference in refresh rate or speed. I suspect the Mac is just too old.
After a recent move back to my hometown, I hooked everything up, booted and the following happens each time:
Hear the chime. See Mac smiling face logo. See spinning icon indicating it's loading, then the screen goes black. Everything is still running.
Prior to the move, the Mac had been getting finicky about rebooting. I'd have to do it a couple times or more before it would boot completely and stabilize, so I left it on all the time.
After reconnecting this time, I thought at first it was the mouse. When the display would go to sleep, I'd have to move the mouse to get the display to turn on. Pretty sure that's not it.
I'm thinking the graphics card is dying or dead. Am I correct?
OS 10.6.8
A few years later, the graphics card went out. Bought a new one on eBay; a 1Gb Radeon (just moved so finding the original receipt with the full description is not going to happen anytime soon). Adding the 1Gb didn't make much difference in refresh rate or speed. I suspect the Mac is just too old.
After a recent move back to my hometown, I hooked everything up, booted and the following happens each time:
Hear the chime. See Mac smiling face logo. See spinning icon indicating it's loading, then the screen goes black. Everything is still running.
Prior to the move, the Mac had been getting finicky about rebooting. I'd have to do it a couple times or more before it would boot completely and stabilize, so I left it on all the time.
After reconnecting this time, I thought at first it was the mouse. When the display would go to sleep, I'd have to move the mouse to get the display to turn on. Pretty sure that's not it.
I'm thinking the graphics card is dying or dead. Am I correct?