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Updated on Thursday, June 27, 2007ĪMD may have released its new DirectX 10-compatible ATI Radeon months after the Windows Vista launch, but the delay hasn't affected PC enthusiasts because most of the highly anticipated DirectX 10 games, such as Crysis and BioShock, aren't going to arrive until the second half of the year. My machine was already just out of the normal three-year warranty, so another month and I would have been out of luck.By: James Yu and Sarju Shah - Posted on Monday, May 14, 2007. Take note of the Jcutoff for the replacement program. Given the regular patterns on the screen, and the change in behavior following the update, I'd guess this is a memory problem on the affected cards. The new card completely fixed the problem.
Ati radeon hd 2600 xt 256mb mac serial number#
I noticed that the new card fell within the affected serial number range and asked the technician about it- the answer was that not all such cards were affected -rather, this was a quality issue affecting a small fraction of such cards. After taking a few minutes to familiarize themselves with the issue and find a replacement card in store stock, they cheerfully swapped mine for a new one. I found the service note referenced above, pulled the card, and brought it to the Apple store in Cambridge, MA along with a printed copy of the service note and the serial number of my machine.
Ati radeon hd 2600 xt 256mb mac update#
For some time, my display had been exhibiting small rectangular patches here and there, with each such patch sparsely populated with mis-colored pixels.Īfter I took the update to 10.6.8, one such patch would follow my mouse around the screen, which was annoying enough to prompt me to look into the problem.
Ati radeon hd 2600 xt 256mb mac pro#
The card in question was in a Mac Pro (early 2008) running OSX 10.6 (Snow Leopard). I had a generally good experience with this issue. I highly doubt it based on what the tech said - but who should I believe? "If you believe you have paid for repair or replacement because of this issue, contact Apple regarding a refund." So which is right?ĭo you think they would reimburse me if I went out and purchased a new board and did the replacement myself? After all, doesn't corporate dictate policy? I got the policy from the corp site. Frustrating part is that you can't talk to anyone to get a straight answer until you nail someone down in person - and how do I know that the tech told me the right thing. You can't trust what apple says in a tech document - maybe you can't believe anything they say.
Ati radeon hd 2600 xt 256mb mac install#
Tech orders the board - won't know until Monday what delivery schedule is - he guesses 2-3 days and they can install when it comes in. I politely point out that the service doc states otherwise - no dice.
I am told that they will not release the replacement board unless they install it themselves in my computer. Call another apple store and make an appointment - they seam more willing to help.įollow the instructions and remove board and take it with Mac serial number to store. Of course its Friday and the outside service is closed until Monday. I was told that they don't handle that here - go to an outside service center. Asked the receptionist to please describe problem to tech and see if they might be able to help before I take the time to make appt.
After many calls to applecare and ROM upgrades, software upgrades and reinstalls, new boot drive - problem persisted until last week -now monitor stays on black screen on startup.Ĭalled local Apple store as described in support page - they know nothing about it and you cannot talk to a tech on the phone - have to make appt. Have had the intermittent problems as described almost since the computer was new.
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