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Brett B.
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USA
105 Posts		 Posted - 24 Oct 2003 :  15:55:33
does anyone know anything about flashing Mac 7000's so that they'll work in a PC? i've got a 32MB and a 64MB, (PC and Mac, respectively) and it'd be cool to have the 64 in my G3 but i'll need something in my PC. i found a site that has the tools to flash it so it'll be Mac compatible, but i can't seem to find anything about doing it backwards. anyone have any ideas?
raWr
Junior Member


Tuvalu
491 Posts		 Posted - 24 Oct 2003 :  16:12:13
I highly doubt your G3 would be on par with the 64 MB VRAM.

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cory5412
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USA
4679 Posts		 Posted - 24 Oct 2003 :  18:21:49
But you might want to check ATi's website anyway?

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Brett B.
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USA
105 Posts		 Posted - 24 Oct 2003 :  20:51:55
quote:

I highly doubt your G3 would be on par with the 64 MB VRAM.

i think it'd be better than 32MB.. plus the bragging factor

quote:

But you might want to check ATi's website anyway?

ATi doesn't support it. one forum i checked said that ATi requested the users not discuss how to flash their cards.

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cory5412
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USA
4679 Posts		 Posted - 24 Oct 2003 :  21:29:55
lol, well then, I wouldn't know where to begin looking

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stimpee
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Netherlands
10 Posts		 Posted - 25 Oct 2003 :  11:24:28
its the same procedure only you flash the PC ATi BIOS onto the card instead of the mac one using the FLASHROM dos utility. I believe that the Mac ROM is bigger so flashing the PC one onto a mac card should be less worrying.

I'm gonna buy my dad a 32mb PC version of the 7000 for his Beige G3 so ive been researching. You might want to download this: http://homepage.mac.com/mdouma46/7000pciCOMBO.sit because it contains all the ROMS (64mb, 32mb, Mac) and a PC bootdisk with all the tools and batch files to run to do the coversion for you. There are a few readme's in there so make sure you read them before diving in.

Hope this helps!

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Brett B.
Junior Member


USA
105 Posts		 Posted - 25 Oct 2003 :  20:45:18
thanks stimpee.
i'll try it out tonight.

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