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Hi all; I have posted quite often about wanting to obtain a replacement video card for my Sawtooth G4. So far I haven't gotten very far by trying to buy pre-flashed cards. But I have obtained the following: - PC Unflashed GeForce 4 MX400 (x2 - two of these video cards for PC AGP2/4x) - Badly flashed (i.e. Unreliable) GeForce FX 5200 Ultra (was a PC card, got flashed with a bad rom by the seller & will not provide reliable video in the G4) AGP8x Now, as i've posted previously, I don't have a PC to flash the cards on - only an iMac and the Sawtooth G4. I'll break this into two parts: - Can anyone flash one of the cards above for me, for a small amount of money (i.e I pay the postage + $20ish for a working result) or: - Can anyone tell me, in simple steps, how to flash it with the G4 itself? Are there programs to do this?
Does it require a PCI video card (and can someone give me/sell me/loan me one)? If someone directs me to 'strangedogs' again i'll scream - I don't like registering with hundreds of little sites just to find something out, and handing over my email address time after time. I f anyone has information (i.e. From them) can you just paste it in please? Posting a link) All help would be appreciated - my friend applecollector had Byrd flash him a card a while back, maybe he can help me out too by posting here?
Can anyone tell me, in simple steps, how to flash it with the G4 itself? Are there programs to do this? Does it require a PCI video card (and can someone give me/sell me/loan me one)? The procedure is simple but at some stage you will have to bite the bullet and do some reading. You do not neccesarily need a PCI video card as you can VNC into the machine from another Mac but obviously this requires you to have access to another Mac (which you have).
A nice article on flashing a PC card was posted by jobe (an MTAU member) and can be.There are programs to flash video cards. You can find these and the ROMs to flash your card at where else but. I'm going to try flashing it with VNC - I'm down to the FX 5200 only, as the two other cards have gone missing (probably thrown out accidentally). The card is a: SPARKLE SP8834 REV:A1 n-Vidia GeForce FX 5200 Ultra - 128MB DDR - TV-Out They're the only markings on the card itself. There are no manuals, extras, packaging - just a badly flashed card that doesn't seem to work properly. Here's the go with that card: 1.
Bought it through MacTalk last year. Took it out of the anti-static bag, inserted it correctly into the Sawtooth's AGP slot. Plugged the Sawtooth in, closed it up and turned it on. The Apple boot screen appeared. Login screen appeared. Went on to desktop.
Went to 'About this Mac'. Tried to move the window. It tore across the screen - and then a grey kernel panic screen appeared. The Apple boot screen appeared. No login screen - just a white shadow of a cursor on a purple background. A black square appeared and the mouse stuck.
Tried one more time. This time no video at all. Re-installed the ATI Rage card. Everything worked perfectly. Sent the card back for a re-flashing. The guy told me 'I've tested it in a G4 - it should work' 9.
No change at all to the card. Exactly the same thing again. So this time, either i'll try it, or someone else can try it out and test it for me.
In a Sawtooth G4.). I think you should go and buy a $20 Pentium 3 from a swap meet and try flashing the cards yourself. You CAN flash nVidia ROMs under OS X using an nVidia ROM flasher, but you'd need either a PCI card or instal VNC to do it. JB Buying a PC just to flash 1 card seems a bit drastic. I'll try it via VNC.
It seems the cheapest and easiest option. Also, can anyone link to a tutorial to 'taping the pins' as the description is rather vague.
Isn't there a way to disable the pins in software or use a AGP2X ROM which would disable them? Is there a way to permanently disable the 'pins' as i'm worried the tape might peel off and get stuck in the slot? Seriously, mate. Do some reading on Strangedogs and Cubeowner. All the information is out there. The ROM is 'working' which is a start.
There are a few possibilities as to reason for the malfunction. 1) The core is clocked too high (seems most likely to me, Sparkle is a crappy brand, use low-rated parts) 2) The RAM is clocked too high 3) It is a 128MB card flashed with a 256 MB ROM 4) It is a 64-bit card flashed with a 128-bit ROM (not sure about this one.) Because the card is booting to Mac, you can use NVFlash Utility to try other ROMs or just change the speeds on the fly. Find a 64-bit, 128MB ROM, and lower the speeds by at least 10%. It's a trial and error process, and you run the risk of borking the card (and needing a PC to fix it) but at the moment it's your only choice. Oh, and I agree with everything Kim Jong Il said, except I swear and carry on more.
The card is VGA-only, sadly, so those ROMs won't work. From the Strangedogs wiki I downloaded the following: - NV OEM FX5200 ULTRA 2060 AGP 64K.zip - nvhack64bitTSOPFX520agppci64k.zip - nvhack128bitTSOPFX520agppci64k.zip UPDATE: Just looked at the Sparkle support site - says the card is: - GeForce FX5200 - 128 MB - 64bit - AGP 3.0 8x/4x, AGP 2.0 4x/2x So, according to them, it clocks down in an AGP 2x slot. So I doubt the pins are the problem then, more of a bad 'mismatched' ROM flash. (Unless the AGP speed control is in the Sparkle PC ROM only, which means I may have to tape it. So confusing!!) By the way, I've found the original ROM BIOS from the card for PC - so if anyone wants to look at it, I can send it to them, or post it here.
(It might reveal info. Of the card's innards). So, Apple got caught with their pants down when the 8X AGP spec came out. Suddenly, the pins they had choosen to be the 'Power On' switch (3 & 11) got assigned to 8X AGP. Suddenley, all G4's were relegated to 4X AGP cards forever since an 8X card grounded those pins, or powered them. Anyhow, the net effect is, an 8X card in a Pre G5 causes Mac to seem dead. This tells you 'time to tape your pins' G5's brought 8X AGP compliance by redesigning the ADC plug & pins.
So, again Apple thumbed their nose at everyone else, went their own way, and then quietly had to join the bandwagon later when it 'didn't work out'. To clarify, the ONLY G4 which doesn't require pin taping is the Pre ADC Sawtooth. If your G4 doesn't have the ADC power tab near AGP slot, you can skip worrying about this. ALL OTHER G4s, Cube included, need these pins taped. DO NOT tape the pins for a G5.
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If you buy a flashed 9800, you should REMOVE the tape in fact. Video downloaders for windows 10. Most cards don't seem to mind, but the 6800GT will KP at some point if the tape is left in place on a G5. At mentioned (!), any 8X AGP card you will need to tape the pins - as the above quote mentions, just because a graphics card is 'AGP 2X/4X/8X' compatible, Apple stuffed up the AGP specifications for their own gain, and an AGP 8X card is not compatible with G4s running AGP 2X/4X slots. Please be aware of this JB.