I think you can also use a PCI Video card too??? I did this in my daughters Compaq Pesario when she lost her video... I took one out of a parts tower I got her and that one didn't work either so I figured it was the AGP slot that went bad??? So I bought a PCI gamers card and got it back up and running!!! So I'm thinking I can flash this one on her Tower if it will see it??? Even though the slot might be bad she still had some sort of video going just a little distorted??? Or maybe I can take out her PCI card and put it in the G4 Power Mac and flash it in there or put it in her 2006 Dell (I think this is a sever? It is twice the size of the average PC towers I have seen) if it has an AGP slot??? Hey Jim, About those pictures you want to attch, I don't think you should send them out on this thread maybe just send them to each person who would want to see them, to their personal emails (you can send them to me if you want) but ask everyone else first... Besides I think just posting the kind of video card it is would be good enough...
-----Original Message----- >From: Aerendel <jimwelling...@gmail.com> >Sent: Sep 10, 2010 1:38 PM >To: G-Group <g3-5-list@googlegroups.com> >Subject: Re: Won't boot after G4 Power Mac M5183 up grades??? > >I'm having a similar problem. Or I did. I tried to put in a pci >graphics card. Oooops. Looking at the back of the G4 - the >configuration is for AGP graphics. I had a spiffy AGP graphics card w/ >256 MB of Video Ram. But it wouldn't fit into the AGP graphics slot. >now it boots and works, but it only has 16 MB of VRAM. I'm looking for >a card that fits. Should I take nice steady pictures with a tripod and >upload them to here somewhere? > >-----Jim > >===== > >On Sep 9, 10:28 pm, Matt Rhinesmith <platni...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Hey Matt, I am in the process I trying to figure this out and you might be >> > right, the only thing with this link is the card they show is red and mine >> > is green... I will figure it out, and I will try to flash this on my >> > daughters old PC Tower if that needs to be done... I do love a challenge >> > though!!! Splitting the 250g HD and getting the computer to read it will >> > be the last thing I do... >> >> Well, first of all, the color of the card doesn't matter at all. It's purely >> cosmetic. Second of all, I believe there is an OpenFirmware command that >> will allow you to read/write to a 128 GB or more drive. However, I don't >> know much about that, so I couldn't tell you how to do it. Maybe some other >> listers could tell you. >> >> Matt > Scars only tell us where we have been, they do not have to dictate where we are going... -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
