Radeon 9600 Pro not detected in G4 DA, any way to fix?
I just got an ATI Radeon 9600 Pro off eBay, and it’s having some trouble working with my Power Mac G4 Digital Audio. I taped pins 3 & 11 to make the card work at 4x, but I still get a black screen. I am able to VNC into the Mac, so I checked System Profiler, which says that no cards are present. I’ve looked around and found that some cards have an incompatible ROM, though I think it only affects display output and not detection. I already have Graphiccelerator to flash it as well as a version 120 ROM, but I can’t do anything with them without seeing the card on the system. I don’t have access to any other desktop systems, so I can’t use a compatible Mac to flash it, though I do have Linux installed, so that might be able to see and flash it. Any ideas? -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Should I upgrade my 533 MHz Power Mac G4 to Leopard?
On Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at 6:27:22 AM UTC-5, Dmitry the Zuryanovich wrote: > > > Words about iPod are strange... You can take some other IDE HDD and try it > there. > What I mean by "installing on an iPod" is that I used the iPod as a hard disk and installed it there, NOT changing the iPod's OS to Leopard. -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Should I upgrade my 533 MHz Power Mac G4 to Leopard?
I had asked this on the Leopard Group, but nothing was showing up, and nobody has posted there in ages anyways. I have a Power Mac G4 Digital Audio with a G4 clocked at 533 MHz. I installed OS X Leopard on an iPod to test, and it seems like it runs somewhat fine (other than my fan clicking, which does not have anything to do with Leopard). I currently have Tiger as the main operating system. Should I upgrade the Tiger installation to Leopard? Loss of Classic Mode should not affect me because I have a working OS 9 installation I can boot to. Can I also keep that OS 9 installation on the same partition? -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Add normal floppy drive to Power Mac G4?
I am aware there is no floppy connector on the motherboard, but I wanted to know if there is a cheap way to convert to IDE or add a floppy controller card via PCI. On Friday, July 22, 2016 at 8:06:48 PM UTC-4, Cameron Kaiser wrote: > > > Hello, > > I have an old Power Mac G4 Digital Audio, and I would like to add on a > > floppy drive to read floppy disks I may find floating around. So I > > purchased a floppy drive on eBay, but I realized that it has a normal > > floppy drive connector. Is there any way I could connect this drive to > my > > G4 without buying a new drive or making this external? > > No. There is no connector on the board for a "normal" floppy. I've seen > some folks shoehorn it into a USB enclosure in one of the 5.25" bays and > connect that up, however. > > > Also, if I can get this working, is there anywhere I could get a Zip > drive > > bezel? I would not like to have to a) drill into my blank bezel, or b) > have > > no bezel on. > > Regrettably, probably only from another Mac of the same model. > > -- > personal: > http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ -- > Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * > cka...@floodgap.com > -- Born free. Taxed to death. > - > -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Add normal floppy drive to Power Mac G4?
Hello, I have an old Power Mac G4 Digital Audio, and I would like to add on a floppy drive to read floppy disks I may find floating around. So I purchased a floppy drive on eBay, but I realized that it has a normal floppy drive connector. Is there any way I could connect this drive to my G4 without buying a new drive or making this external? I did not get this Mac with a Zip drive, so I do not have anything to replace in the 3.5" bay. Note that I have a budget of $25 on this floppy drive project. Also, if I can get this working, is there anywhere I could get a Zip drive bezel? I would not like to have to a) drill into my blank bezel, or b) have no bezel on. Thanks, Jack -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
