Yep, gutted but definitely going back. Real shame although at least the Ebay seller was spot on tbh and accepted the return. I did try and see how bad it looked loading up Q3. A sea of corruption!

Not sure how I’d go about it tbh. Other than cleaning and reseating heat sinks etc everything else would probably be a step too far: No idea how I’d go about identifying the exact issue never mind replacing or repairing a memory module.

Thanks, after installing win98 (waiting for my XP disk to arrive) and switching to a decent res and true colour it’s actually very difficult to pick up any corruption. It’s there but very subtle. I’ve messaged the seller to ask a return. Shame, I had a no idea the great ATI 9700 pro’s ended this way …

Just picked up a 9700 Pro. Post screen looked good with no artefacts but as soon as the Windows 98 Installer starts the screens show a large number of artifacts? It’s running on a new PSU (500w) and old ASUs P4S800 Mobo. I’m just waiting for a new drive to arrive and I’ll try installing XP but is …

Hi all, I was hoping someone might have a bios dump or old chip for my Chaintech 7AJA0/100. It's no longer booting or successfully arriving at the POST. I have tried different memory, cpu and AGP cards. No beep, no video out only spinning cpu and agp card fans. I've cleaned the cpu, gpu and memory …