Power Mac - G5 Fibre channel card/Can i replace with graphics card?

igeoff · igeoff #1 (**permalink**)

05-03-2009, 06:17 AM

Hi seen a Powermac G5 for sale with a fibre channel card? & no graphics card, Can i take this card out & replace it with a standard graphics card?, This is in the advert.....G5 2GHZ DUAL / 2GB RAM / 250 GB / NO VIDEO CARD / FIBRE CHANNEL CARD, Any help would be great

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Cheers

martyp · martyp #2 (**permalink**)

05-03-2009, 12:04 PM

I'm assuming the G5 was used as a 'node' in a cluster of some sort.

I don't have any knowledge of the Fiber Channel Card, however I believe it connects to the PCI-X slot. This means that the AGP x8 (or if its the newer ones PCIe) slot will be empty and ready to accept a graphics card, so you wouldn't even need to remove the fiber channel card.

If you can see a pic of the insides, the slot at the bottom of should be empty (this is the graphics card slot).

Just remember, when purchasing a graphics card it must have Mac firmware installed as PC cards will not work.

You could probably sell that fiber channel card for a pretty penny on eBay too.

Hope that helps.

igeoff · igeoff #3 (**permalink**)

05-03-2009, 01:10 PM

Thanks for that Martyp, Very helpful.

Cheers

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igeoff #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 01, 2007 Location: Kent Posts: 70 Mac Specs: 2009 24" 2.66ghz 4GB ram 640GB HD, Powermac G4, Powerbook G3.	05-03-2009, 06:17 AM Hi seen a Powermac G5 for sale with a fibre channel card? & no graphics card, Can i take this card out & replace it with a standard graphics card?, This is in the advert.....G5 2GHZ DUAL / 2GB RAM / 250 GB / NO VIDEO CARD / FIBRE CHANNEL CARD, Any help would be great . Cheers
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martyp #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 14, 2008 Location: Scotland, UK Posts: 638 Mac Specs: 27" iMac, 3.4GHz i7, 20Gb, 3TB HDD, OS X 10.8	05-03-2009, 12:04 PM I'm assuming the G5 was used as a 'node' in a cluster of some sort. I don't have any knowledge of the Fiber Channel Card, however I believe it connects to the PCI-X slot. This means that the AGP x8 (or if its the newer ones PCIe) slot will be empty and ready to accept a graphics card, so you wouldn't even need to remove the fiber channel card. If you can see a pic of the insides, the slot at the bottom of should be empty (this is the graphics card slot). Just remember, when purchasing a graphics card it must have Mac firmware installed as PC cards will not work. You could probably sell that fiber channel card for a pretty penny on eBay too. Hope that helps.
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