Rage 128 pro Mac to pc

kiwa · Thu Mar 26, 2009 5:49 am

hi, i have the old card from my mac, its a rage 128 pro, and i want to flash it to use in a old pc, but i cant find the firmware/bios file to do this.
anyone have or know where i can download the file?

Thanks.

Thu Mar 26, 2009 10:49 am

Is it PCI to begin with? And I didn't know Mac was using a different bios on their cards to prevent them from being used in a PC?

kiwa · Thu Mar 26, 2009 1:00 pm

hi, thanks for reply, no, its AGP, and in mac (at least in old models) you need to flash the card to use it.

Thu Mar 26, 2009 8:13 pm

I've seen lots of Rage Pro and Rage 128 cards, neither of them had a flashable Bios. Please verify your card actually has a flashable chip otherwise you're wasting your time.

kiwa · Fri Mar 27, 2009 12:34 am

i know this is flashable, cause back then i flashed incorrectly with another card rom, but i recovered it, so its flashable

dan_g · Tue Jul 28, 2009 8:23 pm

I believe you can use the card without flashing it.
It will not show anything at POST, but once you come to Windows or Linux it should work as any other card.

Your best bet is to sell this card. You generally get more money for Mac hardware than for PC hardware. Use the money from the sale to buy something PC native.