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G5 Fibre channel card/Can i replace with graphics card?
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<blockquote data-quote="martyp" data-source="post: 840936" data-attributes="member: 61183"><p>I'm assuming the G5 was used as a 'node' in a cluster of some sort.</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>If you can see a pic of the insides, the slot at the bottom of should be empty (this is the graphics card slot).</p><p></p><p>Just remember, when purchasing a graphics card it must have Mac firmware installed as PC cards will not work.</p><p></p><p>You could probably sell that fiber channel card for a pretty penny on eBay too. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Hope that helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="martyp, post: 840936, member: 61183"] 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. [/QUOTE]
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