Re: [ccp4bb]: Re: Quad Xeon Mac Pro & Quadro FX 4500

[R.M. Garavito]

To  all, Just to let everyone know, the answer which got hardware stereo working on our Intel Mac Pro Quad Xeon (2.66 GHz) machine with an nVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 graphics board was the one from Tassos.  The setup that worked with the standard NuVision 60GX emitter was a Sony CPD-G520P as monitor 1 and an Apple Cinema Display as monitor 2.  In this configuration, MacPyMOL 0.99rc6 universal build, launched as a Mac app, readily went into quad-buffered stereo. O is now being set up, but Coot doesn't work (for other reasons, as mentioned in another thread).  While David Gohara's suggestion that the monitor numbering should not matter, but it apparently does. No other configuration worked.  While I was intrigued with Bil Clemens' suggestion, I have not tried it. However, NuVision says that they only have an external power supply for their system for a non-stereo ready PC, and it does not have a 3-pin adapter.  They instead recommended the same solution as Tassos did. Again, thanks to all for their help, Michael **************************************************************** R. Michael Garavito, Ph.D.           Email:  [EMAIL PROTECTED] Biochemistry & Molecular Biology    Office:  (517) 355-9724 Michigan State University              Lab:  (517) 353-9125 East Lansing, MI 48824-1319            FAX:  (517) 353-9334 **************************************************************** Anastassis Perrakis wrote: For an nVIDIA Quadro FX family card (900XGL i think, the driver is for sure the one before but cant find the exact model now), under Linux FC4, the order of monitors is crucial, for sure: You only get Stereo when the CRT is in Monitor 1. I would not be shocked if NVidia propagated this feature in subsequent models including the cards in the Mac Pro series. A. On Sep 18, 2006, at 16:45, David Gohara wrote: 1. For the quad G5s, is it plug and play for the most part?  In their case, did the CRT have to be monitor 1 or 2? The monitor numbering shouldn't matter as the stereo visual follows the window not the monitor. So you should be fine there. From Bil Clemens On my G5 with the 4500 stereo works fine in pymol and O. The CRT is the second monitor. The biggest problem was with the emitter. It turns out that the emitter connectors vary quite a lot in what they are supposed to do. The 'old' emitter I have is a Stereographics E-2 and it didn't work by simply plugging it in. The problem is that the 4500 connection doesn't send power to the emitter so you need an adapter that allows you to plug the emitter into an outlet. It is easy to get and fairly cheap. Once I plugged everything in stereo worked right away. I should add that it didn't work without the emitter. The company that I got the converter from ships a box with a lot of different connectors so there should be one for the NuVision.