My wife's gonna sledgehammer her G5

[islander1]

2 Gig, 4 GB ram, ACD's - 23", 20". The Radeon 9800 is rapidly becoming the bane of her existence - wierd flicker and pixelization. I installed a replacement last night and ... same thing. She doesn't know yet. Checked Apple Discussions and more than one poster talks about a bad batch of 9800's or possible logic board snafu. This sound familiar?

MD

[David]

Saw reports of this before.

Many people had success by turning machine off, power supply unplugged, and carefully reseating the video card.

Might want to give it a try.

[islander1]

She did that with the original card. I did it with the replacement. Still, problem persists. Maybe it is a logic board thing. Aggravating!

MD

[David]

Last suggestion:

Have you run the Apple Hardware Test that is on your installer app disc?

It takes a while, especially the extended test, but it reported bad ram for me and once replaced, the G5 dual works fine.

[islander1]

Ran the test with both cards - nothing showed. Throughout, my wife has been in contact with Apple tech support. At this point, the box is going in.

[David]

Good luck on this.

I know it's frustrating.

Out little PB 12" has gone in three times.

[islander1]

Thanks. Just dropped off the G5. Apple's covering the cost of the replacement card and whatever else. Wife's using my G4 - old reliable - knock on wood.

MD