Let's build a CTPCI!

[HigashiJun]

There's many kinds of Radeon cards. Starting with PCI/AGP, 5V/3.3V, PC/Mac etc.

Sure, but is there a list or something stating which of them are compatible ?

[stephen_usher]

So not every Radeon works ? I thought you could plug any 9250 and enjoy high resolutions...

I know USB was picky, but not Radeon.

"Radeon" is just a marketing name and encompasses very many radically different chip sets.

First of all, you'd have to find a PCI Radeon board, which would be from the noughties, before the change to PCIe, and after the transition from AGP. So, you're probably looking at 2000 - 2005. The 7000, 8000, 9000 series are probably your target.

[HigashiJun]

So not every Radeon works ? I thought you could plug any 9250 and enjoy high resolutions...

I know USB was picky, but not Radeon.

"Radeon" is just a marketing name and encompasses very many radically different chip sets.

First of all, you'd have to find a PCI Radeon board, which would be from the noughties, before the change to PCIe, and after the transition from AGP. So, you're probably looking at 2000 - 2005. The 7000, 8000, 9000 series are probably your target.

Yes, and they have to be 3.3V and, I think, with a maximum of 128 MB RAM according to R. Czuba's old web site...

Not sure the 8000 series are a go for the CTPCI.

[foft]

So it almost works!

It detects the card and runs the bios etc:

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Then it displays the boot screen on the Radeon and starts to boot:

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Until...:

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Edit: Seems like it's just incompatible with NVDI. So I need to remove NVDI from the Auto folder. Wow, this thing is fast in gembench!

There is also a 2nd problem, I get a parity error depending on how I position the card, so perhaps there is a bad connection somewhere.

[mikro]

Awesome work, wow!

[foft]

Just to add a couple of final pics.

Here it is, now I need to squeeze it back into the Space Case:

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Now I need to find some software other than gembench to run

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[HigashiJun]

Wow, a good progress !

[DoG]

Great work!

[alexh]

[Badwolf]

BW