Mac Edition G5 PCIe ATI Radeon X1900GT 256MB Video Card power cord

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Mac Edition G5 PCIe ATI Radeon X1900GT 256MB Video Card power cord

I have a G5 2.5 quad, serial number YM5 *2EQPS. It has a ATI Radeon 9800 XT on board now. I have two monitors connected.

I want to add a Cintiq graphics tablet, so I need additional video (it is also a monitor). I purchased the Mac Edition G5 PCIe ATI Radeon X1900GT for this purpose.

I can't find a place to plug in the auxiliary power supply. I see several plugs (including a couple centered over the memory slots), but all are filled and none appear to be the six-pin type.

Perhaps I purchased the wrong card for this machine? Or maybe I'm just too stupid to open the back of my computer? Help!

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Power Mac G5 quad, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Mar 3, 2010 8:17 AM

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japamac

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Mar 3, 2010 4:41 PM in response to pstansell

HI-

I am confused by your statements saying that you have a G5 Quad (Late 2005, right?) and that you have a Radeon9800 XT installed.
The 9800 XT is an AGP card and won't work in a Quad...

Putting that aside, the Radeon X1900 G5 Edition connects to the G5 logic board at a connector that is centered on the upper edge of the logic board over the memory slots.

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