Going to buy a GF 8800 GTX for peanuts which has the same issue and try the oven trick on it 😎

Amigaz wrote:

Going to buy a GF 8800 GTX for peanuts which has the same issue and try the oven trick on it 😎

Have one from friend for free, tried 3 time hot air gun on it, artifacts still remained (they show after some time in 3D), gave it to some people repairing HW for us, after 1st try same results, now they waiting for some better stuff from taiwan.

But have to say that we repaired with hot air gun some 8600/7600/7300 dead cards or with artefacts on screen - some of them went dead again after few weeks.

samudra wrote:

Just want to add that solder contains lead which is carcinogenic and not something you want gasses of in something you cook food in.

Idea: how about putting the card you want to bake inside a "roasting bag"? If you're not familiar with these things, you can google image it to see some visual examples. I'm guessing that this type of oven proof bag would help to trap and keep harmful gases from escaping in to the oven area itself.

cskamacska wrote:

Asus V6600 MX used an AGP Pro conector http://www.sg.hu/kep/2001_03/0323asus66001.jpg […]
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Asus V6600 MX used an AGP Pro conector

It was unnessecary of course, but AGP Pro was an overhyped marketing gimmick at the time, similar to AGP 8x 2 years later. Many motherboards from 2000-2002 had an AGP Pro connector for the same reason. Also all AMD dual Athlon MP motherboards were equipped with AGP Pro slots, yet competing Intel Pentium 4 and Xeon based workstation boards rarely had them.(afaik)

I've got such a card. What would be the value of this thing for a collector? (Or do we have a separate topic for asking what some piece of hardware is still worth?)
I've put it in an ordinary AGP slot and it works; I get about 2550 points in 3DMark 2000 on a computer with a 1GHz (=10*100) AMD Athlon CPU and 384MB PC133 SDRAM running Windows XP.
I can't remember exactly how I got this card and if it came with a system that had a AGP Pro slot or not.

I don't understand why such a card would be set up for AGP Pro like that. The whole point is to allow more power consumption. I can see a Radeon 9700 with one but a Geforce 2 MX?!!

It is not for the card, it is for the fan. That is one hell of a fan. Came with a warning label.

Ok, the Radeon X800XT is out for sale on Ebay, doubt I'll get hundreds of dollars for it though.
Upgraded to a Geforce 7800GS overclocked version instead.

If you list it as a buy it now with a high price you'll get it eventually...

I think this will go near 100 Euro though. Just look at those others listed starting at a low price.

Here's a non-mac workstation type AGP pro card I have:

3dLabs Wildcat III 6110. Have to have a roomy case for this guy.