Re: Using AGP 8x card in AGP 4x ADC compatible slot

2014-01-27 Thread faithie999
in my experience with flashing PC cards in a PC, i use an old PCI video card so that i can see what is happening to the AGP card throughout the flashing process. there is a command in the NVFlash.exe tool that will let you know what slot each card is in, so that when you issue the command to

Re: Using AGP 8x card in AGP 4x ADC compatible slot

2014-01-26 Thread Manoah F. Adams
On Jan 25, 2014, at 06:03 , Kris Tilford wrote: There’s a hack for adapting an standard PC ATX power supply into G4s, might be cheaper and safer (no 28v line for ADC) if you’re going to try your 9600XT again (assuming it’s not fried also?). Google “G4 ATX” and you can find lots of info

Re: Using AGP 8x card in AGP 4x ADC compatible slot

2014-01-25 Thread Chris Nova
just a heads up to anyone whos trying to do this to a quicksilver 2001. ***DONT DO IT*** i just fried my G4 867mhz quicksilver by trying this with a 9600XT graphics card (mac G5 OEM card) the power supply is completely fried and will not power up. its not worth it. just keep using the thing

Re: Using AGP 8x card in AGP 4x ADC compatible slot

2014-01-25 Thread Kris Tilford
On Jan 25, 2014, at 5:49 AM, Chris Nova chrisnova...@gmail.com wrote: just a heads up to anyone whos trying to do this to a quicksilver 2001. ***DONT DO IT*** i just fried my G4 867mhz quicksilver by trying this with a 9600XT graphics card (mac G5 OEM card) the power supply is completely

Re: Using AGP 8x card in AGP 4x ADC compatible slot

2014-01-07 Thread Peter Devlin
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

Using AGP 8x card in AGP 4x ADC compatible slot

2014-01-06 Thread Manoah F. Adams
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

Re: Using AGP 8x card in AGP 4x ADC compatible slot

2014-01-06 Thread Mac User #330250
Original message from Manoah F. Adams (Monday, January 6 2014): Hi, Hello! 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). You forgot to mention if it is a flashed PC card or if it is a Mac variant. If it is a

Re: Using AGP 8x card in AGP 4x ADC compatible slot

2014-01-06 Thread Kris Tilford
If this card is a PC card, you’ll need to flash the firmware to Mac firmware before it will work in a PPC Mac (should work as a PC card in an Intel Mac if you have the newer nVidia drivers). You can get the firmware ROM at http://themacelite.wikidot.com/wikidownloads2. Flashing it may be a