I have just sold a PowerMac G4 on eBay. The machine had a Ati 9800 graphics card installed and the guy who purchased the machine said that after the machine booted the display started to flicker and then went blank after about 45 seconds. He says that a loose cable inside the mac jammed inside the onboard fan of the 9800 and stopped it from spinning, therefore overheating and permanently damaging the card.
How likely is this? I would have thought that a spinning fan would have knocked and snagged connector out of the way.
He has also tried the other card in machine and it works fine. He has tried the faulty card in another G4 and it does not work in that machine so there appears to be a fault with the card.
Is this a plausible reason for the card not working?
Thanks
How likely is this? I would have thought that a spinning fan would have knocked and snagged connector out of the way.
He has also tried the other card in machine and it works fine. He has tried the faulty card in another G4 and it does not work in that machine so there appears to be a fault with the card.
Is this a plausible reason for the card not working?
Thanks