Mac Pro A1186 Orange Screen

[GonZoso]

Hello,



I am not a Mac guy but am trying to assist a family member. When booting it goes through the grey screen but halfway through turns orange. I have attached a picture of the model info which I will also write below.


Model: A1186

EMC: 2180

Serial: G88403G7XYL

Graphics: NVidia GeForce 8800 GT


From what I can surmise I think this may be a bad video card, and if so it's a relatively easy and cheap fix. Before I direct them to purchase a new card however, I wanted to run this question by the community to see if there could be anything else that may be wrong, or that I can do.

Thank you.

 

[Cory Cooper]

Hello and welcome.

Yes, it sounds like a bad video card. This issue was semi-known with that particular Mac Pro model.

If you are going to replace it, make sure you purchase a compatible card, which would be an older model, as the newer ones won't work: About graphics-card compatibility between Mac Pro models.

C