Just lost my video output (macpro 2008)

[Human Onion]

I was running under bootcamp doing some winblows work - put it to sleep for a couple of hours and now no video.

I've tried a known good second display and cable, reset pram and reseated the video card.

Can anyone suggest some other things to try?

Thanks,

Michael

 

[dsiew81]

Do you have a spare video card?

 

[Human Onion]

Do you have a spare video card?

Unfortunately no - don't really have access to one either.

 

[dsiew81]

Best to bring it in to the Apple store then. Warranty or not, you should be able to get a diagnosis of what the issue might be.

 

[Human Onion]

Ok, i found a friend who has a MSI 7300TC that he pulled from a PC. I'm wondering if it's safe to try and use this? All i need is for the display to turn on and it confirms my card is dead.

Should i give it a go?

 

[remmy]

I am sure it would not work.

Is your current card a ATI Radeon HD 2600XT?

 

[Human Onion]

I am sure it would not work.

Is your current card a ATI Radeon HD 2600XT?

Yes it is

 

[dsiew81]

It might work -- plug it in then try to start Bootcamp blind and if you see Windows load, then you know it might be a video card issue.

 

[Human Onion]

It might work -- plug it in then try to start Bootcamp blind and if you see Windows load, then you know it might be a video card issue.

I tried it but it didn't even spin the drives up, i'm guessing if it can't see an efi bios it's a no go. Picking up a used 8800GT this afternoon - fingers crossed it was the ATI and not my logicboard.

 

[alphaod]

It might work -- plug it in then try to start Bootcamp blind and if you see Windows load, then you know it might be a video card issue.

Long shot it might work in Windows, but will definitely not work in OS X.

 

[Human Onion]

It's back up and running again. Thanks for the suggestions

 

[nanofrog]

Long shot it might work in Windows, but will definitely not work in OS X.

The BIOS emulator should make it work. It does for other PC cards used in Windows anyway.