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reflashing a pc videocard
recently i got my hands on a 2001 QS 733 with a vile ati rage 128 pro card with a piddly 16 mb ram
and the rage 128 just decided to die ...typical
as it happens i actually happen to have four spare video cards 3 agp and one pci
an radeon 7000 32 mb ( pci )
an ati rage 128 pro with 32 mb ram ( agp )
an nvidia geforce 3 ti 200 64 mb (agp)
an nvidia geforce fx 5200 128 mb ( agp)
and a radeon 9600 se with 128 mb (agp)
the radeon is right out the QS wont even boot with it let alone it being usable
ideally the fx 5200 or the geforce 3 will do if not for the fact that the fx 5200 needs physical modification to work in my QS ...nevermind that then
so that laeaves me with the nvidia geforce 3 the rage pro or the radeon 7000
nwo my question is
how the bloody hell do i flash these mongrels for the mac ?
i cant even find the tools or rom dumps i need for the others let alone actually do it
the only one i foudn anything for is the radeon 7000 on cube owners and even that is for the agp card
so am i up a certain creek with out a paddle or can i actually flash one of these ?
(preferbly the geforce 3 )
and the rage 128 just decided to die ...typical
as it happens i actually happen to have four spare video cards 3 agp and one pci
an radeon 7000 32 mb ( pci )
an ati rage 128 pro with 32 mb ram ( agp )
an nvidia geforce 3 ti 200 64 mb (agp)
an nvidia geforce fx 5200 128 mb ( agp)
and a radeon 9600 se with 128 mb (agp)
the radeon is right out the QS wont even boot with it let alone it being usable
ideally the fx 5200 or the geforce 3 will do if not for the fact that the fx 5200 needs physical modification to work in my QS ...nevermind that then
so that laeaves me with the nvidia geforce 3 the rage pro or the radeon 7000
nwo my question is
how the bloody hell do i flash these mongrels for the mac ?
i cant even find the tools or rom dumps i need for the others let alone actually do it
the only one i foudn anything for is the radeon 7000 on cube owners and even that is for the agp card
so am i up a certain creek with out a paddle or can i actually flash one of these ?
(preferbly the geforce 3 )
Just tried it, the link seems to work ok , here it is, http://themacelite.wikidot.com/ . Good luck and it does make sense since the PC equivalents are so much cheaper.
Out of curiosity, is there a chart anywhere on the power draw from Mac components since Macs never came with upgradeable power supplies? The reason I ask is that I feel I was pushing it with a Dual G4 1.6ghz cpu upgrade, a Geforce 6800GT video card, Voodoo 3 PCI card, and M-audio Revolution sound card in my Digital Audio. Are we limited at all when flashing video cards with power requirments for the ones that can be flashed if other upgrades are also installed?
from what i under stand the reason why we have to hack in tot he video cards is because apple decided to use the then unassigned pins 3 and 11 for their adc protocol
a few years later when agp 8X was released pins 3 and 11 were assigned to draw power
the older powermacs are looking for something on the newer cards thats not there
the psu's in macs are upgradable just dont ask how
a few years later when agp 8X was released pins 3 and 11 were assigned to draw power
the older powermacs are looking for something on the newer cards thats not there
the psu's in macs are upgradable just dont ask how