[Macpartners] PowerMac G5 video card

[Allan Doyle]

Before I haul my system over to N42 (admittedly a short trip for me),  
I wonder whether anyone has a spare graphics card I can beg or borrow.

I'm looking for an NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra with 64MB DDR SDRAM  
for a PowerMac G5, 1.8 GHz:
   http://support.apple.com/specs/powermac/Power_Mac_G5.html

I have a newer G5 system which has an incompatible card, so I think  
the range of cards that will work is fairly narrow.

I'm fairly certain that the video card is the culprit. The system  
makes all the right booting noises, and I managed to get one more gasp  
of video when I took the card out and plugged it back in. I'm guessing  
there's possibly a bad solder joint or something.

If anyone has a card I can try out and then return back to you, that  
would be useful. If anyone has one they just want to outright get rid  
of, that would be even better (assuming that's the problem).

Thanks,

	Allan
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Allan Doyle
Director of Technology
MIT Museum
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