From dan at krue.net  Wed Sep  1 05:10:29 2010
From: dan at krue.net (Daniel Kruszyna)
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:10:29 -0400
Subject: [powerstation-owners] Video Card Support
Message-ID: <20100831201029.GA4145@mito.internal>

Is there any way to tell if a video card will work
with the Powerstation? I am aware that the SLOF has
an x86 emulator to run the BIOS code on the card.
Do I just have to "try it and see"?

I want to get a new video card since the fan on the
original card's heatsink seized up and caused the
entire machine to crash. I was originally going to
just get a new fan, but I'd prefer a card that
doesn't need a fan to begin with.

I use X to fill my display with xterms, so the 3D
performance is not a big deal.

-- Daniel


From phueper at hueper.net  Wed Sep  1 18:20:12 2010
From: phueper at hueper.net (Pattrick Hueper)
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 11:20:12 +0200
Subject: [powerstation-owners] Video Card Support
In-Reply-To: <20100831201029.GA4145@mito.internal>
References: <20100831201029.GA4145@mito.internal>
Message-ID: <AANLkTimsvYKtiacC2xWT++FNTL2RpXpkMEasQLeTBrB4@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Daniel,

i cant remember which VGA cards we successfully initialized on the
PowerStation, if i remember correct, i had tried several ATI and
Nvidia cards, but i dont remember exactly what chips they were.

I would say, if you get a older model of a fanless Graphics card (one
from the time when the PowerStation was released)
 you will have the best chances.

Regards, Pattrick

On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 10:10 PM, Daniel Kruszyna <dan at krue.net> wrote:
> Is there any way to tell if a video card will work
> with the Powerstation? I am aware that the SLOF has
> an x86 emulator to run the BIOS code on the card.
> Do I just have to "try it and see"?
>
> I want to get a new video card since the fan on the
> original card's heatsink seized up and caused the
> entire machine to crash. I was originally going to
> just get a new fan, but I'd prefer a card that
> doesn't need a fan to begin with.
>
> I use X to fill my display with xterms, so the 3D
> performance is not a big deal.
>
> -- Daniel
>
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