I agree with Mr. Prahlad, You're asking too much of your Mystic's 338W PSU. Also, Radeon 9800 Pro has a higher TDP than the GeForce4 Ti 4600 which was, if I remember it correctly, the higher-end video card intended for this line of Power Macs.
I would desist from upgrading the video card with that 9800 Pro, which nowadays shouldn't make so much of a difference, and go for another card with lower power consumption. El 14/09/2012, a las 00:47, Valter Prahlad escribió: > Il giorno 14-09-2012 0:30, Frank Dutra ha scritto: > >> I may have finally hit the wall so to speak, in my attempts at >> keeping my trusty old G4 (dual 450 mystic) alive. A recent attempt to >> upgrade my video card to a flashed Radeon 9800 pro > IMHO, it seems to me you're asking too much from your G4. > Besides, I think a 9800 Pro would be overkill for that machine, the > processor/memory/bus would be a bottleneck in comparison. > > Anyway, it could be the G4 power supply is not enough to sustain all those > peripherals. > >> The easiest fix that I see would be to disconnect the Pioneer optical >> drive and put it in an externally powered box but I have no idea if >> that will work? > If the problem is too much power request from the PSU, I don't think the > optical drive would change much. OTOH, the 2TB drive could make a > difference. > > -- > 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 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
