Q: My iMac graphics card fail?
ok last week my iMac 27 inch quad core late 2009 graphics card fail it's all pixelated and with square artifacts took itnto the Apple Store near my home in Spain and they told me that a iMac that is older than 5 years with graphics problem they cannot touch to repair it so looking on the net I found this card that looks very similar to my 4850 ati Radeon card only that it has 512 megs of ram instead of what the 5750 which has a gig of video ram. Can I put this card in my late 2009 iMac
I am sketchy about eBay because of many bad experiences of people but since I live in Spain and the graphics is in the USA I don't want to be on a hassle back and fourth fight with the seller I want to know if it is possible to put this card on a late 2009 iMac will it fit and since apple is not so kind to advise me about this and of coarse if I buy it apple is not willing to put in my machine
iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.1), 27 inch quad core i7 late 2009
Posted on Dec 14, 2015 11:07 PM
Hi,
I've started to experience the same issue and don't really want to scrap the iMac.
I've been quoted around £220 to repair it. they said it's a common problem and shall be replacing the GPU.
Not sure if i believe them and try it myself but scared of breaking it even more.
thanks.
Posted on Jul 27, 2016 2:03 AM
