Yokemate of Keyboards
Posts: 2794 from 2006/3/21
From: Northern Calif...
Quote:koszer wrote:
Here's your answer. Mac Edition cards have an additional power connector (and of course PowerMacs have an additional slot, next to the AGP), that powers up the card, the monitor (through ADC), and (correct me if I'm wrong) as well as passes the USB 1.1 signal so that the ADC monitor acts as a USB hub too.
I never noticed that before! Or if I ever knew it, I forgot about it. That extra connector would make it the easiest way to determine if a video card up for auction, or being sold online, is a real Mac Edition card, from a distance, without needing to see if it has an ADC port.
Thanks for pointing that out, now I feel even more stupid today.
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