Video Card Testing

1. Make sure the computer turned off.
2. Check the Card over for blown caps. If blown caps are found recycle.
3. Place The Video Card into the appropriate AGP, PCI, or PCIe slot on the motherboard.
4. Attach the monitor cable to the video card and turn the computer on. If required ask for an adapter.
5. Let the program run until it tells you what the card is.
6. Record what the screen says on a half label. Make sure to include the Vendor, Model, and Memory. It should say something like: (Voodoo Banshee 16 MB) or (RIVA TNT 16384 KB) or (Nvidia gf2 gts nv11 32 MB) or (Radeon 7000 R100 32 MB). This Label is to be placed on the Video Card.
   • The software sometimes lies, double check the list of cards to see if it makes sense.
7. Turn off the computer and remove the video card. It's better (faster) to turn off the computer with the power supply switch rather than powering down (as in following the instructions on the screen).
8. there are 4 categories of cards to save
   • MacBuild = If the video card does not work and is one of the following - ATI Radeon, ATI Rage 128 Pro, Cards With a ADC
   • Build = AGP Cards with 32 or 64 MB of ram
   • Store = AGP Cards with above 64 MB of ram (and not MacBuild ones), PCI Cards with above 32 MB
   • Recycle = cards that don't work, Cards with less than 32 MB of ram (the Yellow Bin)
   • Tardis = PCI Express
9. Start over with new card.