Geforce4 Titanium Rom Maker

[Protools5LEGuy]

http://themacelite.wikidot.com/nv-rom

Some of these edits is only needed for GeForce 6 and newer. GeForce 3/4 series only need Device ID settings and Timings Table as the other parts are not present in older ROMs

The PC GeForce 4 Ti4600 (Arti) 1105 firmware http://themacelite.wikidot.com/wikidownloads2 seem tested.

[supernova777]

theres another card to consider .. for flashing.. the pc Geforce 4 MX460 features a 300mhz core clock

http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=125&card2=135
heres a comparison

has anyone seen this suma card?
http://media.ldlc.com/ld3/zoom/2002/LD0000447279.jpg
Suma Platinum

[Protools5LEGuy]

Performance should be better on GeForce 3 Ti than on the rest of GeForce 4 series but the Ti.

http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=133&card2=125

http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=134&card2=125

http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=134&card2=127

There are some on MacElite:

MSI GeForce 3 Ti 200 Pro-VT (gotoh) ¹ ², no hardware mod needed

¹ rom designed for the specific model listed.
² rom might need to be edited to work on other cards from the same series.

ChainTech GeForce 3 Ti 200 (gotoh) ¹ ², DVI or VGA, no dual display - no hardware mod needed

MSI GeForce 3 Ti 500 (JumpinJack) ¹ ², DVI or VGA, no dual display - no hardware mod needed

The 3 know GeForce 4 hacks:

PC GeForce 4MX (Arti), NV17 or NV18 core
PC GeForce 4 Ti4400 (Arti)
PC GeForce 4 Ti4600 (Arti)

Also, it is OSX related, but have some info on GeForce4 on Macs

http://themacelite.wikidot.com/kext-mod

NVIDIA Quadro 4 (nv25) series, the card is very close to GeForce 4 Ti series, using same GPU and PCB layout. Some even have dual DVI outputs.
Custom GeForce 4 Ti ROM will make the card work as a Mac Card, but a Kernel Panic will happen every time you try to boot with original NVIDIA extensions.

[supernova777]

its only better then the 4mx440 which is the gf4mx that shipd oem with powermacs

[MacTron]

congrats!
i cant wait to hear that it is a success 

Yeah, me too.

... or another bunch of euros to the trash ...
 

[supernova777]

well u could always resell the quadro fx card! or use it in a pc.

[MacTron]

well u could always resell the quadro fx card! or use it in a pc.

This Quadro 900 crash the PC at boot, if is installed, so is unusable (by now...)

[supernova777]

is it possible that the rom chip on the card has been corrupted + needs to be replaced?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/Quadro4_900_XGL_ES.jpg

this SST chip...
but to do this would require someone with a chip programmer.. + good soldering + Desolderng skills
and also another geforce 900 xgl

probably too much effort;)

[supernova777]

oops thats not the right card. not dual dvi.
u got the 980 xgl right?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/NVIDIA_Quadro4_980_XGL.jpg

u can see on this pic its the wrong GPU .. nv28
no wonder it didnt work.. needs to be nv25
and the capacitor layout is very different from the working ti4600

i think this gainward will work for you!!!!!! quickly + easily as it did for jerry

[MacTron]

oops thats not the right card. not dual dvi.
u got the 980 xgl right?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/NVIDIA_Quadro4_980_XGL.jpg

No, I have Quadro XGL 900. Your pict is somewhat wrong, It says G-Force 4 on the heatsink while in the Quadro XGL 900 says Quadro4, and in the GPU too ... and it have dual DVI.

i think this gainward will work for you!!!!!! quickly + easily as it did for jerry

No, The Gainward I'm waiting for is very different from DieHards one. I will have to make a custom ROM for it ... 

[MacTron]

is it possible that the rom chip on the card has been corrupted + needs to be replaced?

The ROM chip have a wrong ROM file ... 

this SST chip...
but to do this would require someone with a chip programmer.. + good soldering + Desolderng skills
and also another geforce 900 xgl

probably too much effort;)

Yes it is.
I have the original Quadro 900 ROM file, so maybe someday I can fix it ...

[supernova777]

it wont take any new flash?
have u tried flashing it in a different computer?
i had problems flashing my radeon 9800 pro in one computer..
and then when i got another pc agp board it just worked...

[MacTron]

it wont take any new flash?
have u tried flashing it in a different computer?
i had problems flashing my radeon 9800 pro in one computer..
and then when i got another pc agp board it just worked...

No it won't. Because the PC freezes at boot, and that's the only PC I have with AGP port.
So maybe someday I will have more options, but by now ...

[supernova777]

you need a board in which u can tell it in the bios which graphics card to initialize first..
not all bios will give u this option.. i have one machine like this.. i can tell it.. boot from the pci graphics card.. and it will ignore the agp card on boot up. then u can drop to dos and try the flash.

[darthnVader]

This is a GUI Rom Maker for the Geforce 4 NV25 GPU.

It should work with any NV25 card, however driver support in OS 9 is only guaranteed to work with the Ti 4600.

Usage: Open the Rom Maker, choose you PC Geforce 4 Video Bios file, choose the name of the Mac ROM output file. Flash you card.

NV25
device id   product
0x0250   NV25 [GeForce4 Ti 4600]
0x0251   NV25 [GeForce4 Ti 4400]
0x0252   NV25 [GeForce4 Ti]
0x0253   NV25 [GeForce4 Ti 4200]
0x0258   NV25 [Quadro4 900 XGL]
0x0259   NV25 [Quadro4 750 XGL]
0x025b   NV25 [Quadro4 700 XGL]


It should be possible to get other cards to work with OS 9. If you try another card, please consult OS 9 Lives and DarthnVader.

Thanks to Arti Itra for this tool.

[reader50]

I'm not seeing a file link. Are my permissions too low?

I don't need this at the moment, just curious.

[darthnVader]

Sorry, I uploaded it to our adrive, but I haven't posted the link, yet.

Soon, surely later today.

I like being a tease.

[DieHard]

tease Over... it's Up

http://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php/topic,4329.0/topicseen.html

[macStuff]

Arti is legendary!
thanks for making this happen Darth

can we get a bit more information on this?
ive not inspected the files..
is it a native macos9 application?
or is it a script of some sort?

[Gaz]

I've a Ti4200 somewhere , i might give it a try