Recently we had some very very odd power problems which caused my mac to reset its self 4 or 5 times very quickly - since then the machine freezes when trying to load the radeon drivers for the radeon 7500 that came with the machine. If the card is removed then the machine boots up fine, if the drivers are removed and the card left in, again the machine boots up fine (seeing as it runs and the cut down apple drivers). Now before any one says, its not the drivers - i have tried various boot CDs and a system on a different partition and they all act the same. I can only assume that its either the card or the motherboard - the apple hardware test CD said no hardware problems are found though - so I must assume its the card (something like the complex instruction chip is fried or something - cant deal with anything OpenGL).
To the questions! Has any one had this kind of problem before? Is there a better way to find out if there is a problem with the card (I have no access to any other macs with AGP slots)? Does any one have an old AGP card that supports OpenGL they would sell/give away? And why oh why did this have to happen to me 3 weeks before I start work as a WebMaster!
Thanks in advance for help ^_^
To the questions! Has any one had this kind of problem before? Is there a better way to find out if there is a problem with the card (I have no access to any other macs with AGP slots)? Does any one have an old AGP card that supports OpenGL they would sell/give away? And why oh why did this have to happen to me 3 weeks before I start work as a WebMaster!
Thanks in advance for help ^_^