Sphere478 wrote on 2024-07-11, 20:44:

Demolition-Man wrote on 2024-07-10, 16:12:

I only had the Radeon 7000M in the ThinClient for comparison. Good compatibility under DOS, no problems with corresponding Win 98 3D games. No unusual driver was necessary either. On the other hand, this self-assembled 7500 PCI from 2011, according to the sticker, is practically unusable. I have no idea why you would need it in a suitable PC.

It’s a conversation piece. I would like to get it working though 😀

Best of luck. If you can't source or modify drivers to get it working in Windows, Linux might be something to try.

I can't solder. So I have to get rid of the card as quickly as possible.Thanks again for the warning. xD

Demolition-Man wrote on 2024-07-13, 09:40:

I can't solder.

So take it as an opportunity to learn?? 😀
Or you've tried and know this just isn't for you (I get it, if that's the case.)
Either way, try not to trash / junk the card, even if you don't want to try fixing it. Perhaps someone else might want it to give it a try. Most of my ebay cards were intentional non-working purchases (and typically for cheap). From the ones that were with bad caps, most worked fine after. The three that didn't work were 2x EVGA GeForce 7600 GT's (PCI-E version) and one XFX GeForce 8600 GT.

I meant sell as long as it is still possible.

So take it as an opportunity to learn?? 😀

Medical cause, sorry.

There was a sticker between the gpu and the heatsink it said 2011 on it. The paste looked pretty fresh. The card had dust on it, it had been used for sure.

Here is the gpu:

As for the caps.

They are totally unacceptable lmao.

Also note the dual smd/thru hole mounting scheme.

I think these all need to be swapped out for smd to avoid the case of the cap possibly touching the pads.

Seems like there should be a old laptop driver somewhere we can use for this?

Sphere478 wrote on 2024-07-16, 02:50:

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As for the caps.

They are totally unacceptable lmao.

Also note the dual smd/thru hole mounting scheme.

I think these all need to be swapped out for smd to avoid the case of the cap possibly touching the pads.

Seems like there should be a old laptop driver somewhere we can use for this?

Maybe it's the lighting and/or angle, but some of these caps look more bloated than Baron Vladimir Harkonnen after a few weeks of a zero fiber diet.

When you get a chance, please share the PCI device and vendor IDs.

Oh that’s a good idea.

Yes, the capacitors have already launched an attack on house Atreides.

The electrolyte must flow.

Do you think any of those resistors are DEV ID config?

So what’s the final word on this chip being Radeon desktop 7500 silicon or not? If same thing, change Device id and call it done or force driver install. If not….. is there something else that shares this silicon?