The title basically says it all. The card displays randomly placed blue pixels on the screen (especially when rendering 3D stuff), the right edge of the screen is garbled in VGA mode, and it sometimes fails to re-initialize on a reboot or when trying to wake up the display. Bad VRAM? Dud GPU?
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Don't buy those $10 PSU "specials". They fail, and they have taken whole computers with them.
My computer doubles as a space heater.
Permanently Retired Systems:
RIP Advantech UNO-3072LA (2008-2021) - Decommissioned and taken out of service permanently due to lack of software support for it. Not very likely to ever be recommissioned again.
Asus Q550LF (Old main laptop, 2014-2022) - Decommissioned and stripped due to a myriad of problems, the main battery bloating being the final nail in the coffin.
Kooky and Kool Systems
- 1996 Power Macintosh 7200/120 + PC Compatibility Card - Under Restoration
- 1993 Gateway 2000 80486DX/50 - Fully Operational/WIP
- 2004 Athlon 64 Retro Gaming System - Indefinitely Parked
- Main Workstation - Fully operational!
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AMD Radeon R9 290 / R9 380 / R9 390
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 / RX Vega 64 Schematic & Board View
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AMD Radeon RX 470 / RX 580 Schematic & Board View
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AMD Radeon R7 340 / R7 430 Schematic & Board View
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