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On Fri, 27 May 2005 12:11:29 GMT, "Sleepy" <nospam@here.com> wrote:
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>"dr ratt" <spamsum1else@zen.co.uk> wrote in message
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>> On Thu, 26 May 2005 21:41:04 GMT, sdr84 <a@nospam.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>I recently purchased an OEM ATI AIW 9800 Pro 128mb card. I was told it
>>>is made by Powercolor.
>>>
>>>It came with all cables, Remote, CD etc. and all had ATI stamped all
>>>over it. Everything works fine.
>>>
>>>How can I identify that this is a Powercolor OEM card please? For all
>>>I know it may be an ATI made OEM or a Saphire OEM?
>>
>> there are codes in the board's bios, readable by windows - accessible
>> via the display settings panel. you need the ati options page, then
>> details button.
>> vendor code 1002 is built by ati.
>>
>> dr ratt
>
>My 9700 is definitely made by Hercules - it has a blue PCB and copper
>heatsinks
>on RAM and back of GPU plus the stickers but under the Control Panel the
>Vendor
>ID is 1002. ATIs drivers arent designed to differentiate between differant
>manufacturers.
>Maybe the drivers from Powercolor might do that and he should download them
>?
>Or if theres a serial code sticker on the back of the card email that to
>Powercolor tech support
>for confirmation.
>
ah sorry, that is correct. vendor id is the chipset manufacturer & sub
vendor is the card manufacturer.
sub vendor should also be 1002 for ati & something else for other
manufacturers.
look under product info here:
https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894
for various methods of identification.
dr ratt
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