Paladin of the Pegasos
Posts: 1246 from 2004/2/8
From: Poland
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Going from G4 to G5, aren't there some pins that need to be eliminated either by taping the card or cutting the traces? Or is that the other way around?
Other way around. A G5 card is an AGPx8 one, while the G4's have either x2 or x4.
BUT! Genuine Apple cards do have an additional connector (aside from AGP pins) that supplies the card with additional voltage for the ADC connector (and probably some current for the card itself). The trouble is, the connector is placed differently in a G4 and in G5. Moreover, the genuine Apple cards have to pass the "USB hub" and "power-on" signals through to the ADC monitor and hence I believe the "AGP x4" in a G4 cards is not really a standard x4 AGP connector. I mean - you could try, but that's kind of scary experience. I guess in the best scenario the card just wouldn't work, and in the worst one - hmm... How far is the nearest fire station?
