On 06/01/2014 23:51, Manoah F. Adams mhfad...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
I'm trying to upgrade my Quicksilver 2001 800DP video from the stock
nVidia GeForce2 MX 32MB card to an nVidia FX 5500 (8x AGP).
After finding that it wouldn't boot with the new card (that is not
even into firmware stage), I found and followed the tutorial at Mac
Elite
(http://themacelite.wikidot.com/pins-3-and-11) -- specifically, by
taping pins 3 and 11.
Now, it appears to boot, but without any video output (monitor
doesn't receive any signals, stays/goes asleep).
I don't have handy any alternative hardware to test the video card
separately (to check for damage there to, though it's a new card) or
to check for output from the DVI port, etc.
I know my machine is still okay as I'm using it this moment (with the
old video card).
Has anyone else been down this path before?
I've tried web searches, but always seem to wind up back at that
article.
Hi,
The nVidia FX series are not the easiest to adapt for mac and usually
have no dvi when flashed unless they are very specific cards like the Ultra
FX 5200 128MB and even then may be subject to problems depending on the
manufacturer. The original Radeon 9800 pro series with bga ram is probably
the easiest to convert - but not the later cheap imports with slow tsop ram
and only half the memory width.
If the 5500 is not already flashed to mac by using a pc then you will
need to use a VNC client and another mac on the network to flash it -
Chicken of the VNC is a widely used client for macor use
Graphiccelerator in your startup items preloaded with a mac rom for the
5500. If the pins are unsuccessfully taped the mac will not boot at all - if
the pins are taped well and the mac boots but no video the rom is not
successfully read and loaded by the mac - zapping the pram/nvram may cure it
but if it doesn't it's back to the drawing board - and a different rom.
The best way is to flash it with dos in a pc before using it in a mac -
there used to be a forum named strangedogs which a had a large flashing
community though you will have to join to search it if they are still in
existence.
Pete
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