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Mac Pro and new ATI card question
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I just bought a new Mac Pro, 3 Gig Xeon, 3 gigs ram and 30 inch screen.
I upgraded the card to the ATI 1900 (took the old card out). I am coming from a windows world, so bear with me.
Do I need to download drivers or anything? Things seem to work fine, but am I done?
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No drivers required. You did plug in the power cable from the card to the motherboard though, right?
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Originally Posted by macgeek2005 
No drivers required. You did plug in the power cable from the card to the motherboard though, right?
Yes I did. Thanks! Next I will attempt to load boot camp and windows xp (just for games and a few programs not available on the mac). Thanks again!!
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Sa-Weet computer, just picked up mine up with Airport & Bluetooth, Quad 3.Ghz, X1900XT.
(Last edited by brokenjago; Oct 22, 2006 at 06:01 PM.
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What kind of interface does tge WiFi/BT plug into the motherboard? I'm planning on getting a Mac Pro, but here in my region (Dubai), they dont have the WiFi/BT add-on currently available. I ask so if I could simply pick one up from an online store or if its a proprietary Apple interface that cannot be purchased from outside? In this case, I'll probably stick a Bluetooth USB device as I dont really need WiFi but do need BT for syncing my phone.
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Originally Posted by brokenjago
Sa-Weet computer, just picked up mine up with Airport & Bluetooth, Quad 3.Ghz, Airport & Bluetooth.
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Originally Posted by Abbas
What kind of interface does tge WiFi/BT plug into the motherboard? I'm planning on getting a Mac Pro, but here in my region (Dubai), they dont have the WiFi/BT add-on currently available. I ask so if I could simply pick one up from an online store or if its a proprietary Apple interface that cannot be purchased from outside? In this case, I'll probably stick a Bluetooth USB device as I dont really need WiFi but do need BT for syncing my phone.
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It should just be a modular plug-in socket, similar to airport cards. But a USB transceiver works just as well. There are many out there for far less than what apple would sell you an oem kit. The D-link DBT-120 is sold in a lot of online stores for ~$25-35, and come highly recommend by lots of folks on the net (including me, been using one for yrs to sync my cell and send pix to/from it)
check macmall, buy.com, j&r, pcconnection, etc etc
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Originally Posted by Abbas
What kind of interface does tge WiFi/BT plug into the motherboard?
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According to the Apple MacPro Developer Note the internal Bluetooth module connects to the system via the USB 2.0 bus and the internal WLAN module connects via PCI Extreme.
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Thanks for the above two replies- I guess a USB BT dongle it is then.
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