Hey everyone,
I stumbled upon this reddit post last night, where someone was replacing a display on their 667 and unknowingly got a higher res display.
As you can see it does work, but it isn’t outputting the resolution correctly.
Another redditer has been suggesting that it is impossible and won’t ever work unless you were to “reprogram” the GPU. This GPU supports up to 1920x1440.
We know there are other working mods like this such as the iBook G3 XGA mod, and the 1050x1400 12” PBG4 mod. Neither of which required a “reprogramming” of the GPU.
I believe the iBook XGA mod did need an open firmware command.
So, is this other person correct? I would be surprised if there is no way to use the DVI display on the VGA model if it is obviously able to fit and plug into the board and display something. Common sense tells me that since the display is technically working, it may need a similar open firmware command for it to recognize the resolution properly.
I stumbled upon this reddit post last night, where someone was replacing a display on their 667 and unknowingly got a higher res display.
As you can see it does work, but it isn’t outputting the resolution correctly.
Another redditer has been suggesting that it is impossible and won’t ever work unless you were to “reprogram” the GPU. This GPU supports up to 1920x1440.
We know there are other working mods like this such as the iBook G3 XGA mod, and the 1050x1400 12” PBG4 mod. Neither of which required a “reprogramming” of the GPU.
I believe the iBook XGA mod did need an open firmware command.
So, is this other person correct? I would be surprised if there is no way to use the DVI display on the VGA model if it is obviously able to fit and plug into the board and display something. Common sense tells me that since the display is technically working, it may need a similar open firmware command for it to recognize the resolution properly.