Re: IDK how to flash a video card
On Jun 16, 12:56 am, Mark Sokolovsky coolmar...@gmail.com wrote: I have an Nvidia GeForce 6200 AGP with 256Mb DDR2 RAM AGP 8X, and it's a PC card. Can somebody show me step by step instructions to get it working on my PM G4 Sawtooth? After yo flash the ROM you will need to tape over pins 3 11 (or cut the traces) to make an 8x card run in a Sawtooth. -- 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
Re: IDK how to flash a video card
On 6/24/2010 13:10, dc wrote: On Jun 16, 12:56 am, Mark Sokolovskycoolmar...@gmail.com wrote: I have an Nvidia GeForce 6200 AGP with 256Mb DDR2 RAM AGP 8X, and it's a PC card. Can somebody show me step by step instructions to get it working on my PM G4 Sawtooth? After yo flash the ROM you will need to tape over pins 3 11 (or cut the traces) to make an 8x card run in a Sawtooth. Actually, it appears to depend on the card and the vintage of the sawtooth. All the AGP 8x 6200's that I can find on a quick google image search appear to be universal AGP 3 cards, so can card should be able to run at 2x speeds. As for the vintage comment, it appears that the tape trick is only needed for ADC capable G4's due to Apple using the previously unused AGP pins. See http://themacelite.wikidot.com/pins-3-and-11 for the full story. But if someone wanted to tape them regardless, it doesn't appear to mess with anything if they are taped in a pre-ADC Mac, so I guess it depends on how 'lazy' a person is. :-) -- 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
IDK how to flash a video card
I have been an expert on computers since the dawn of the DOS systems, and this is something i really am stumped on. I have an Nvidia GeForce 6200 AGP with 256Mb DDR2 RAM AGP 8X, and it's a PC card. Can somebody show me step by step instructions to get it working on my PM G4 Sawtooth? I really am even now bugged by the Nvidia GeForce 4's performance with a measly 64Mb of RAM. -- Sent from my Power mac G4 Sawtooth. -- 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
Re: IDK how to flash a video card
On 16/6/10 05:56, Mark Sokolovsky coolmar...@gmail.com wrote: I have been an expert on computers since the dawn of the DOS systems, and this is something i really am stumped on. I have an Nvidia GeForce 6200 AGP with 256Mb DDR2 RAM AGP 8X, and it's a PC card. Can somebody show me step by step instructions to get it working on my PM G4 Sawtooth? I really am even now bugged by the Nvidia GeForce 4's performance with a measly 64Mb of RAM. If you're familiar with dos that's the way to go for video card flashing - on an old windows pentium pc - boot it up in dos from a floppy boot - remove the boot floppy and insert the disk with the utilities for flashing and the rom(s). The dos utilities are Flashrom, Atiflash for ATI and Nvflash for Nvidia cards. Run the dos commands to flash the card bios - shutdown the pc and put the card in a mac. It can get a little more complicated depending on the card - some are definitely not flashable, some have hardware partial locks on the rom chip so a reduced rom is required - and for some Nvidia cards the mac rom may need editing to include some of the info from the pc version of the rom - bootstraps etc. Here's a general explanation though... http://themacelite.wikidot.com/nvidia-general-flashing Nvflash is available here along with all the other utilities http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/Utilities/BIOS_Flashing/NVIDIA/ Pete -- 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
Re: IDK how to flash a video card
On Jun 15, 2010, at 9:56 PM, Mark Sokolovsky wrote: I have an Nvidia GeForce 6200 AGP with 256Mb DDR2 RAM AGP 8X, and it's a PC card. Can somebody show me step by step instructions to get it working on my PM G4 Sawtooth? I really am even now bugged by the Nvidia GeForce 4's performance with a measly 64Mb of RAM. http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+flash+a+PC+video+card+for+a+Mac However, I'm not sure that an 8X card is compatible with the 2X slot in the Sawtooth; they take different voltages http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerated_Graphics_Port The sites you will find in that search above will probably answer your question. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- 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
