Re: PowerMac G4 Sawtooth - dual video

[Kris Tilford]

On Jun 27, 2010, at 2:15 PM, Dan Ziegler wrote:

where can I find information on how to flash PC video cards for this  
Mac?




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Re: PowerMac G4 Sawtooth - dual video

[Dan Ziegler]

OK. Thanks for confirming that. I looked in the manual (I should've
looked first!) and it says the same thing. I was wondering, where can
I find information on how to flash PC video cards for this Mac? I have
a couple AGP cards (GeForce 3Ti, Radeon 9200, etc.) that I would like
to upgrade to.
Thanks again,
Dan


On Jun 23, 9:30 pm, Chance Reecher  wrote:
> The Rage 128 does not support two monitors even though it has two  
> ports. I was trying to do this the ther day on my DA with a Rage 128.  
> There should be no problem with using a PCi card in addition to the  
> 128 AGP though.
>
> Chance
>
> On Jun 23, 2010, at 10:05 PM, Dan Ziegler  wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hello everyone,
> > I have a 450 MHz PowerMac G4 Sawtooth running OS X 10.4.11 with a
> > (stock?) ATI Rage 128 Pro 16 MB (AGP), and I was wondering if it is
> > possible to use two monitors on this computer. There is a DVI port on
> > the card, and a VGA port as well. I have never tried using multiple
> > monitors until recently. I have a Dell 17" with a VGA input and
> > another Dell UltraSharp 17" with a DVI input. I tried hooking both up
> > to the computer, but only the DVI UltraSharp would display picture.
> > The other display would stay black with the amber LED lit up. I tried
> > looking in the Display system preferences, but could not find the
> > monitors tab. I have run both monitors successfully on my PowerBook G4
> > 800 MHz as a second display. Also the VGA display works perfectly
> > without any other monitor hooked up.
>
> > Another question I have out of curiosity is this. When I bought the
> > system a few years back, it came with an ATI Rage (version unknown)
> > PCI video card in one of the slots. When I first plugged it in and
> > turned it on, I mistook the VGA port on the bottom PCI Rage for the
> > main one higher up. I turned it on, and the output was corrupted
> > (could hardly see what was going on). I took a closer look, saw the
> > AGP card's port, and used that. It worked fine, so I just pulled the
> > PCI card out and forgot about it.
>
> > This recent monitor issue has got me thinking: Is it possible that the
> > second PCI video card could've worked with another monitor, bringing
> > the maximum count to three? It's just a curious thought.
>
> > Thank you for any advice in advance.
>
> > Dan Ziegler
> > Genoa, IL 60135
>
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Re: PowerMac G4 Sawtooth - dual video

[Chance Reecher]

The Rage 128 does not support two monitors even though it has two  
ports. I was trying to do this the ther day on my DA with a Rage 128.  
There should be no problem with using a PCi card in addition to the  
128 AGP though.


Chance

On Jun 23, 2010, at 10:05 PM, Dan Ziegler  wrote:


Hello everyone,
I have a 450 MHz PowerMac G4 Sawtooth running OS X 10.4.11 with a
(stock?) ATI Rage 128 Pro 16 MB (AGP), and I was wondering if it is
possible to use two monitors on this computer. There is a DVI port on
the card, and a VGA port as well. I have never tried using multiple
monitors until recently. I have a Dell 17" with a VGA input and
another Dell UltraSharp 17" with a DVI input. I tried hooking both up
to the computer, but only the DVI UltraSharp would display picture.
The other display would stay black with the amber LED lit up. I tried
looking in the Display system preferences, but could not find the
monitors tab. I have run both monitors successfully on my PowerBook G4
800 MHz as a second display. Also the VGA display works perfectly
without any other monitor hooked up.

Another question I have out of curiosity is this. When I bought the
system a few years back, it came with an ATI Rage (version unknown)
PCI video card in one of the slots. When I first plugged it in and
turned it on, I mistook the VGA port on the bottom PCI Rage for the
main one higher up. I turned it on, and the output was corrupted
(could hardly see what was going on). I took a closer look, saw the
AGP card's port, and used that. It worked fine, so I just pulled the
PCI card out and forgot about it.

This recent monitor issue has got me thinking: Is it possible that the
second PCI video card could've worked with another monitor, bringing
the maximum count to three? It's just a curious thought.

Thank you for any advice in advance.

Dan Ziegler
Genoa, IL 60135

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PowerMac G4 Sawtooth - dual video

[Dan Ziegler]

Hello everyone,
I have a 450 MHz PowerMac G4 Sawtooth running OS X 10.4.11 with a
(stock?) ATI Rage 128 Pro 16 MB (AGP), and I was wondering if it is
possible to use two monitors on this computer. There is a DVI port on
the card, and a VGA port as well. I have never tried using multiple
monitors until recently. I have a Dell 17" with a VGA input and
another Dell UltraSharp 17" with a DVI input. I tried hooking both up
to the computer, but only the DVI UltraSharp would display picture.
The other display would stay black with the amber LED lit up. I tried
looking in the Display system preferences, but could not find the
monitors tab. I have run both monitors successfully on my PowerBook G4
800 MHz as a second display. Also the VGA display works perfectly
without any other monitor hooked up.

Another question I have out of curiosity is this. When I bought the
system a few years back, it came with an ATI Rage (version unknown)
PCI video card in one of the slots. When I first plugged it in and
turned it on, I mistook the VGA port on the bottom PCI Rage for the
main one higher up. I turned it on, and the output was corrupted
(could hardly see what was going on). I took a closer look, saw the
AGP card's port, and used that. It worked fine, so I just pulled the
PCI card out and forgot about it.

This recent monitor issue has got me thinking: Is it possible that the
second PCI video card could've worked with another monitor, bringing
the maximum count to three? It's just a curious thought.

Thank you for any advice in advance.

Dan Ziegler
Genoa, IL 60135

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