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Replacing the GPU in the field...

So the video glitches which I mentioned in my last thread have one upped, and started throwing up an ATI Graphics Driver error message then black screening, which is making me think that there is a much deeper problem than outdated software (I am suspecting GPU, as evidenced in the title, although I am going to upgrade first just to make sure).

So my question is - I know there are a limited number of supported graphics chipsets for the axon - the ATI HD2900 etc... Should I be in the pickle that I think I am in (finding myself with a dead GPU in the near future, or at least finding myself with a GPU that is not stable enough to count on in a show), in the middle of the ocean and needing to pick up a new one up PDQ will any manufacturers board do provided it is of the correct chipset? Is there a specific brand of boards that HES use for the axons? I would like to stay as close to genuin as possible, but would also like to know that if I jumped off the ship and went to the local computer shop and bought a card with the correct chipset that it would work...

Anyway, any assistance would be appreciated

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    They are over two years old... I don't know the actual age, I just know that they were bought as part of the origional install on the ship and it is now just over 2 years old, so they may have been sitting in a warehouse for months before that...

    SN is 76CA4306002

    Re: [quote=Joe]OK. I assume it was your predecesor that hadnt cleaned them..?

    Cruise Ships are an odd beast - Tech turnover is huge... a contract is 6 months and 3 weeks in length, you have the full range of techs, from those who just want to party for a while and see the world, to those who love their job and treat the venues like their own. Most technicians move to different ships after each contract too - so information is very quickly lost - like the last time the racks were vacuumed out for example... Get a brand new technician on a ship who has never done ships before, they may not realise that these sorts of things need to be done, because their background is not venue oriented. It is very difficult to just point the finger at someone and say "Their fault" - because it is a culmination of factors
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    They are over two years old... I don't know the actual age, I just know that they were bought as part of the origional install on the ship and it is now just over 2 years old, so they may have been sitting in a warehouse for months before that...

    SN is 76CA4306002

    Re: [quote=Joe]OK. I assume it was your predecesor that hadnt cleaned them..?

    Cruise Ships are an odd beast - Tech turnover is huge... a contract is 6 months and 3 weeks in length, you have the full range of techs, from those who just want to party for a while and see the world, to those who love their job and treat the venues like their own. Most technicians move to different ships after each contract too - so information is very quickly lost - like the last time the racks were vacuumed out for example... Get a brand new technician on a ship who has never done ships before, they may not realise that these sorts of things need to be done, because their background is not venue oriented. It is very difficult to just point the finger at someone and say "Their fault" - because it is a culmination of factors
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