Hi i got this adapter with my power mac g3 minitower but i can't get it to work can you help me ?
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G3 minitower vga adapter problem
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Looks like i have the same adapter someware in my hardware boxes with the correct dip switch setup for Multiscan monitors. I will search for it when I’m back in my room.
If its the same as my adapter these instructions might work. Try the multiple scan 16 in mode 5. Switches 14678 on and the rest off.
Does not found my adapter, but also found the manual.
Try Multiple Scan 21“ Mode 5 to get resolutions up to (I think it was) 1152x870
Try Multiple Scan 21“ Mode 5 to get resolutions up to (I think it was) 1152x870
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I never had a ton of luck with the dip switch adapters. I know that doesn't help you immediately, but it works.
If you're going to be doing much with beige PCI Macs, I'd HIGHLY recommend getting some PCI video cards. The cheapest and most available option is the Rage 128 that shipped standard in the B&W and Yikes! Towers. It's not a GREAT card but it's better than the onboard graphics in the G3 towers. The original Radeon, Radeon 7000, Radeon 7500, and Radeon 9200 in their PCI Mac-edition forms all work also, and all of these are big steps up from the Rage 128.
These cards are plug and play, and since they have both VGA and some even DVI out you can plug in better monitors without messing with adapters. A Radeon 9200(which is hard to find and expensive these days) will comfortably drive 2x 1920x1200 displays.
If you're going to be doing much with beige PCI Macs, I'd HIGHLY recommend getting some PCI video cards. The cheapest and most available option is the Rage 128 that shipped standard in the B&W and Yikes! Towers. It's not a GREAT card but it's better than the onboard graphics in the G3 towers. The original Radeon, Radeon 7000, Radeon 7500, and Radeon 9200 in their PCI Mac-edition forms all work also, and all of these are big steps up from the Rage 128.
These cards are plug and play, and since they have both VGA and some even DVI out you can plug in better monitors without messing with adapters. A Radeon 9200(which is hard to find and expensive these days) will comfortably drive 2x 1920x1200 displays.
Does i need specific mac edition or can't i use the normal pci version
And i got the mac for 50 bucks is that a good deal ?
You must have a Mac specific card. There may be a way to flash a PC card, but I've never tried on those specific cards.
When I was still actively buying these, $50 would have been an okay price as long as there was no broken plastic and no yellowing. In today's nutty prices-I'd personally have a hard time saying but I'd say it's at least fair.
A "PC" ATI Radeon 7000 PCI can be had for less than $50 (link). You need to flash it to work in a Mac though.
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That looks like an AGP card. You need a PCI card.
Mine looks more like this ^^^^. Be aware that flashing a Windows 9200 PCI card involves moving some soldered resistors on the board to work. They are very small and fiddly. Additionally, you will probably lose half the onboard VRAM. Once flashed, OSX only saw 64MB of the onboard 128MB of my card. That might be down to the density of the VRAM chips. Apple tends to like low density RAM of any kind for PPC Macs. You can see that there are only 4 chips providing 128MB of VRAM on the card above compared with the same number of chips providing 64MB for the card below.
By far the simplest to deal with is the 7000 PCI. The Beige G3 has enough other bottlenecks that shoving a 9200 into it isn't going to transform it. The Sapphire Radeon 7000 is a popular choice. All 64MB of the onboard VRAM will be available after flashing so you can use 1920x1080 monitors, even with OS9.
I found this nividia card a 4mx that have a modified rom for it on the website does it is a good choice ?That looks like an AGP card. You need a PCI card.
Mine looks more like this ^^^^. Be aware that flashing a Windows 9200 PCI card involves moving some soldered resistors on the board to work. They are very small and fiddly. Additionally, you will probably lose half the onboard VRAM. Once flashed, OSX only saw 64MB of the onboard 128MB of my card. That might be down to the density of the VRAM chips. Apple tends to like low density RAM of any kind for PPC Macs. You can see that there are only 4 chips providing 128MB of VRAM on the card above compared with the same number of chips providing 64MB for the card below.
By far the simplest to deal with is the 7000 PCI. The Beige G3 has enough other bottlenecks that shoving a 9200 into it isn't going to transform it. The Sapphire Radeon 7000 is a popular choice. All 64MB of the onboard VRAM will be available after flashing so you can use 1920x1080 monitors, even with OS9.
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I have a couple of those dip-switch adapters with the right settings they generally work fine
the best setting I have found for use with a modern VGA LCD is the "VGA/SVGA" setting
set dip switches 2, 3 and 5 to on, and the rest leave off, and see if that works
I basically stick to ATI cards myself. From what I can see on the MacElite site, there is a modified PCI ROM for the NV17/18 chip - so that would be the MX 4000 or the MX 420 PCI card. I can't see from the horizontal pic you posted what card that is but as I have no experience in flashing one of those, I can't advise you any further as to how well it works, if at all.
Additionally, my personal experience is to avoid modified ROMs and to solder/fix the hardware so that a stock Mac ROM can be flashed onto it. For an ATI Radeon 7000, I replace the onboard ROM chip for one of a larger capacity so that it can take the Mac ROM, which is larger than the PC ROM. It's fairly trivial to do and you might even be able to do it with a sharp craft knife and no soldering iron.
BTW, it would help if you cropped your photos on your phone before posting. It would save our having to scroll down so much.
There is only this picture and it's 5 bucks in working condition i think it worth trying to flash it.
GeForce cards don't work in Old World Mac's, nVidia FCode ROMs use words not in the dictionary in Old World Open Firmware.
Assuming you have a old TV that takes the old NTSC/PAL S-Video or Composite input. Basically for NTSC it is 640x480 interlaced.