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Radeon 9800 Pro
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Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: Hanson, MA
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Hi all,
I just tried installing a used Radeon 9800 Pro I bought on eBay. I bought the necessary power cable, hooked it all up, turned it on, and nothing. Would the card not work if I hadn't installed the Radeon software first? I forgot I had the CD, I haven't installed it yet. Would that prevent it from working? Or did I just get a bad card??
Thanks,
Tom
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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Did you buy the Mac version of the 9800 Pro?
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Clinically Insane
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The driver comes with the OS, so it sounds like a bad card.
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"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." TJ
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Join Date: Mar 2000
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Sounds like a PC version of the card with PC firmware, rather than a Mac version.
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Mac Pro Dual 3.0 Dual-Core
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Join Date: Nov 1999
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As it turns out, I got hosed. I checked the 102 number on the ATI website, and it shows it to be a 128mb card, not the 256mb card I was told it was, plus, it was originally put in a Dell! So, I got screwed on eBay, big surprise eh?
Thanks for the responses,
Tom
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Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: Hanson, MA
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Did you buy the Mac version of the 9800 Pro?
It was advertised as an ATI Radeon 9800 Mac Edition 256mb VRAM, but here's what ATI says it is...
RADEON 9800 128MB VGA DVI-I TVOUT - DELL
Doesn't look like a Mac card, does it??
I've asked him for a refund, we'll see where it goes.
Tom
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Moderator  Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Atlanta, GA
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That sucks. Hope you can get a refund. I know some of the radeon cards could have their firmware flashed to make them compatible with a mac, and that model is one of them, but with half the promised vram it's definitely refund time. Good luck.
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Last edited by -Q-; Sep 15, 2007 at 12:09 PM.
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