I have an older Mac Pro that started showing strange green blocks and lines while playing back an online music video. In any case I thought it must be the Nvidia GeForce 8800GT card but thought I would try everything else first. I swapped RAM cards, replaced Hard Drive and tried reinstalling Snow Leopard. At this point i cannot get it to boot up from CD as I get the "shut down" message however I am able to boot up Windows which I installed via Bootcamp. Anybody have any thoughts?
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8800GT are prone to failure like this. Green blocks and lines are the first sign. Your video card is failing.
If it gets worse or dies, you can bake it back to life (not kidding):
https://www.google.com/search?q=880...urceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#safe=off&q=8800gt+bake
But even that is temporary. You'll need a new video card soon.
If it gets worse or dies, you can bake it back to life (not kidding):
https://www.google.com/search?q=880...urceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#safe=off&q=8800gt+bake
But even that is temporary. You'll need a new video card soon.
Now I've seen it all. Not sure where to get the pads and paste but I might just try it thanks. I used to bake reel to reel analog tapes but never thought of a graphics card. Do you think I should get a different card or just go with another 8800?