G5 x Serve Video Card (was Moving to windows)

Re: G5 x Serve Video Card (was Re: Moving to windows)

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True, installation was easy, I am just reporting my experience in April
with the Apple card (Apple told my client not to use anything but). It
cost me $199 for the card.

On Aug 18, 2004, at 1:24 PM, Mark Moloughney wrote:

> That is not true. You can get the Sonnet Sonata SD video card which
> works fine in the XServe G5. We had a similar problem with one of our
> clients. From time to time they get adventurous and order stuff
> because they are getting a "good deal" and they always screw it up.
> In this case they ordered it without the video card and without a
> fiber channel card.
>
> The Apple part for the VGA Option is also a $70 item if you are an
> Apple dealer. Retail on that item is $99. Not 200 and installation
> can be done by anyone over age 10.
>
> XServes are meant to be administered remotely, either through SSH or
> through Remote Desktop. I agree though they should have on-board
> video.
>
> If anyone needs a reliable source for Apple equipment and parts email
> me off-list.
>
> Mark
>
> On Aug 18, 2004, at 1:14 PM, Mitchell Kahn wrote:
>
>> FYI - One of our clients ordered an xServe from Apple to colo with
>> us. The Apple sales guy failed to ask about a video card (my client
>> assumed it came with one) and in April a video card for a G5 xServe
>> was non-existent in the after market. While you can actually set up
>> and run one of these via Apple Remote Desktop we like to periodically
>> spin the dial on our KVM and look at what is happening on each
>> server. I called our local Apple Specialist and ordered a
>> "replacement" part (the video card that Apple does not sell). I had
>> it in two days. The rub is that if you custom order an xServe the
>> video card is $99 US - installed - as a replacement part it cost
>> twice that without installation.
>>
>> Mitch
>>
>>
>>> We finally got ours overnight from Insight but you have to buy them
>>> stock, which means no video card. Do you know how hard it is to find
>>> a Radeon 7000 PCI card? I finally had to remove the one in my own
>>> kid's G3 to set up the servers once they got here. amazing.
>>>
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>> Mitchell Kahn
>> mitch@middlecoast.net
>>
>> Tel. 616.241.5650 x10
>> Fax 616.241.3583
>> Cell 616.813.7170
>>
>> 1154 Calvin Avenue Southeast
>> Grand Rapids, MI 49506-3237
>> USA
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