Re: Power Mac G3 Beige: No Video

2012-09-26 Thread Kris Tilford
On Sep 26, 2012, at 7:50 AM, Nabil wrote: I will buy a PC card. I have the required equipment to do it (PC and PowerMac G4), found this explaining how to do it: http://web.archive.org/web/20100522054343/http://www.darkness.uklinux.net/ Is it accurate? Yes, although I've never gone as far as

Re: Power Mac G3 Beige: No Video

2012-09-26 Thread Nabil
El 26/09/2012, a las 06:12, Wayne Stewart escribió: > You might check to see if the personality card is fully seated. Sometimes in > handling the front gets lifted out of the socket. If it is then the built-in > video port won't work Just checked it and it's okay. > Only get a PC Radeon card I

Re: Power Mac G3 Beige: No Video

2012-09-25 Thread Kris Tilford
On Sep 25, 2012, at 11:12 PM, Wayne Stewart wrote: You might check to see if the personality card is fully seated. Sometimes in handling the front gets lifted out of the socket. If it is then the built-in video port won't work. This is good advice and correct, a poorly seated personality ca

Re: Power Mac G3 Beige: No Video

2012-09-25 Thread Kris Tilford
On Sep 25, 2012, at 3:25 PM, Nabil wrote: Is the ATI Radeon 7000 the only option? No, there are better PCI video cards, but they all cost a lot more, and this old Beige isn't worth spending a lot of money on. If it's max'd out with 768 MB RAM it can run 10.4.11 OK, and if you get a G4 ZI

Re: Power Mac G3 Beige: No Video

2012-09-25 Thread Wayne Stewart
You might check to see if the personality card is fully seated. Sometimes in handling the front gets lifted out of the socket. If it is then the built-in video port won't work -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs

Re: Power Mac G3 Beige: No Video

2012-09-25 Thread Nabil
El 25/09/2012, a las 04:43, Kris Tilford escribió: > You should buy one of these Radeon 7000 PCI cards from eBay for about $10 > shipped and flash the ROM to Mac using a ROM from MacElite forums downloads. > I can help make sure you flash the card correctly, but you'll need some type > of funct

Re: Power Mac G3 Beige: No Video

2012-09-24 Thread Kris Tilford
On Sep 23, 2012, at 7:38 PM, Nabil wrote: Any ideas, please? You should buy one of these Radeon 7000 PCI cards from eBay for about $10 shipped and flash the ROM to Mac using a ROM from MacElite forums downloads. I can help make sure you flash the card correctly, but you'll need some type

Re: Power Mac G3 Beige: No Video

2012-09-24 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Sep 23, 2012, at 5:38 PM, Nabil wrote: > Hello, > > I've got a Power Mac G3 Beige (266) with a DB-15 display connection. Since I > don't have any compatible display I'm using a VGA LCD display. > > I bought a VGA <-> DB-15 adapter to be able to connect my display ( this one: > http://www.u

Power Mac G3 Beige: No Video

2012-09-24 Thread Nabil
Hello, I've got a Power Mac G3 Beige (266) with a DB-15 display connection. Since I don't have any compatible display I'm using a VGA LCD display. I bought a VGA <-> DB-15 adapter to be able to connect my display ( this one: http://www.urbantronics.com/mactovga-videomonitor-switchable-adapter-p