dell oem g400max

[diewlei]

guys, i have this card.

it's a dell oem. does that mean the card is manufactured by dell using chips supplied by matrox or are they all (board + chip) manufactured by matrox?

[Greebe]

Manufactured by Matrox

But, no support by Matrox

[diewlei]

one more Q : will the g400max's have any voltage problems with the i845ge chipsets? i am thinking of dropping mine into shuttle's sb51g. thanks again.

[diewlei]

anyone?

[Kruzin]

Some of the early 2x models have problems with specific mobos, though I'm not sure if that particular mobo is one of them.
The issue can be worked around with a minor mod to the G400.

[WyWyWyWy]

I think you have a problem there because intel chipsets only support 1.5v AGP cards.

[DGhost]

no problem there what so ever. the G400 was designed to be able to operate at 1.5v if it is available.

the only problem is that the AGP 2.0 spec wasn't finalized until after the G400 release (iirc) and the final revision did allow a hole for some vendors to exploit in order for the motherboard to sense what graphics card is in the system. unfortunately, the way the early G400 boards were designed it causes a problem with this method of detection, although it can be fixed by adding a resistor. i think. iirc.

[Greebe]

All that's neccessary todo to fix is to jumper the pads on R68 with solder (I soldered on a small bit of wire)



See this thread for more information.

(what an ugly thread that was.. please ignore the BS)

[diewlei]

thanks guys.

i dont think my butterfingers are skilled for soldering. is there any software to chk for 1.5v or 4x compliance? the mtstu thingie?

[DGhost]

That thread tell you which board revisions are affected by the problem... all you would do is look to see which board revision you have and see if is is affected...