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Geforce 6800 Ultra DDL (Mac)

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First post, by flupke11

Posted on 2020-04-10, 23:30

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It seems that this huge beast was hidden in one of two G5 Mac's I had in the garage.

I've cleaned it up a bit:

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It's an AGP-Pro card, and has no extra Molex connectors (which the PC-version has).

I am wondering if:

- the AGP-Pro slot is providing sufficient power for this card to work (and as such, the ADC proprietary Apply powermac-connector is not needed)
- any 6800 Ultra PC rom can be flashed onto this card

Has anybody any experience with this card?

Reply 1 of 6, by flupke11

Posted on 2020-04-11, 13:57

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Update: nvflash does not see the card in my P4C800-E, although it's heating up and the fan periodically spins up.

I guess it's a no go for this card.

Reply 2 of 6, by matze79

Posted on 2020-04-11, 15:08

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Yeah thats the sense of AGP Pro, it delivers more current, thats why it has extra Pins.

You can desolder ROM and put it inside a TL866 Rom Burner. External Writing always is a Option 😉

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Reply 3 of 6, by aaronkatrini

Posted on 2020-04-13, 22:59

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It maybe had a chance on a AGP-Pro motherboard, definitely not into a normal AGP 😀

Reply 4 of 6, by The Serpent Rider

Posted on 2020-04-14, 13:42

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It maybe had a chance on a AGP-Pro motherboard, definitely not into a normal AGP

ASUS P4C800-E is AGP Pro board.

I must be some kind of standard: the anonymous gangbanger of the 21st century.

Reply 5 of 6, by flupke11

Posted on 2020-04-15, 12:04

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I'll keep the card in storage. I don't feel too comfortable desoldering the rom. I'd have trouble identifying the right chip, for starters 😀.

Reply 6 of 6, by candle_86

Posted on 2020-04-18, 16:23

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The ROM on the apple cards is custom by apple

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