X800XT AGP

[rickyho]

Hello guys,

I bought this ATI X800XT AGP Card. (Not more than US$95)
www.unika.com.cn/index.php?option=com_unika_products&Itemid=3&task=viewproduct&productid=83&action=2&cataid=5
cgi.ebay.com.hk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280053434707&ih=018&category=67864&ssPageName=WDVW&rd=1

Although, I have mod 9800xt the experience,
But, I want to make clear some matters before mod this card.

1. Only mod this card on Panther? (Tiger can't?)
2. use 109 reduced Rom?
3. This Card is R430, is this change the device id in the rom on lines 2 & 8 from 4A 48 to 4A 4A or 4A 4B?

My machine is G5 Dual 1.8, AGP

Thank you!

[aquamac]

Hi Ricky,

To answer your questions in order:

1. Yes you must use Panther.

2.Yes you can use the 109 reduced rom

You should put the card in a PC if you have one & find out what the device id actually is by running atiflash -i 0.

This is the device id I would start at.

As you are using a R430 card, I am not sure what is going to happen or if this is going to work, as X800 XT's are usually R420 & X850 XT's are R480 but this is software defined (this means that they in fact have the same chip & the software in the rom changes the chip details) as opposed to R430 which I suspect is hardware defined.

Still it may work, who knows? Make sure you back up the PC rom on a PC with atiflash first. It is also very possible that if this does not work the first time, you may have to replace the rom chip to get it recognised a second time.

The card will be VGA only. Good luck!

[rickyho]

Thankyou aquamac