ATi Rage 128 PRO with DVI adaptor

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ATi Rage 128 PRO with DVI adaptor

I got a PowerMac G4 with Ati Rage 128 Pro which has a VGA and a DVI port on it
I would like to know if the DVI port going to work with the Apple DVI to Video adaptor?
I know the postage of the adaptor said it is only for PowerMac G5 and Mac mini but is there any differences between the DVI port on the ATi Rage 128 PRO and those on G5 and Mac Mini?

Is there any other solution that I can output the display to a TV with s-video or RGB?
Thank you so much!!

Cheers,
Lawrence

17" iMac, Mac OS X (10.4.8), PowerMac G4

Posted on Nov 7, 2006 12:33 PM

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Answer 1

fragmore

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Nov 7, 2006 2:38 PM in response to Hei

Make sure it is in fact DVI port and not an ADC port.

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Answer 2

Nov 7, 2006 7:22 PM in response to Hei

I got a PowerMac G4 with Ati Rage 128 Pro which has a
VGA and a DVI port on it
I would like to know if the DVI port going to work
with the Apple DVI to Video adaptor?
I know the postage of the adaptor said it is only for
PowerMac G5 and Mac mini but is there any differences
between the DVI port on the ATi Rage 128 PRO and
those on G5 and Mac Mini?

It's not the port, but the card that matters. The conversion to video is done by the card. The adapter just sends the output to the correct pins. I think the only cards that work are the recent ATI cards. Yours is probably too old. ATI's web-site doesn't have any information on it.

Is there any other solution that I can output the
display to a TV with s-video or RGB?

You can get a newer graphics card or use a VGA to Video converter.
<http://www.ramelectronics.net/html/PC-TV videoadapter.html>
There are other, cheaper, ones.

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