[G4] g4 digital audio and the adc connector?

[Philip J Robar]

On Jul 10, 2006, at 2:10 PM, cerebus DaPope wrote:

> I heard recently that you cannot use a video card with an ADC  
> connection on the G4 DA.
> Is that true? I have a 20" cinema screen i've been trying to get to  
> work with my G4 DA 466.
> The video card i have is an ati rage 128 pro.

I couldn't find a definitive answer, but since the DA's shipped with  
cards that had an ADC connector I assume that it does work. The  
problem with the previous generation Sawtooths is that they don't  
provide power to ADC card for the monitor.

The hacked ATI 9600 Pro cards that OWC sells does not provide power  
via the ADC port, but as far as I can tell a regular card with ADC  
should work.

> What card would be recommended (if any work) so I know what I'm  
> getting myself into.

I did a quick look, but couldn't find a table of mac / graphics card  
compatibility. You can get a pretty comprehensive list of Mac  
graphics cards by pulling down the Select a Graphics Card menu here:  
http://forums.xlr8yourmac.com/fpsdb/fpsdb.lasso

My GeForce 2MX has an ADC port, as does the Mac Radeon 9000Pro  
(http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0001ZROTY/104-5866442-4516741? 
v=glance&n=172282). A little searching at ATI and Nvidia's web sites  
should narrow things down pretty quickly.

Another option is Dr. Bott's DVIator ($95/75 Euros, http:// 
www.dviator.com/) which will work with your Rage Pro 128 by providing  
the ADC monitor with power externally.


Phil