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Pismo Video Update
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Baltimore, MD
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I just hooked my Pismo up to a nice new 19" monitor, and the video card is really starting to show it's age. It simply wasn't meant to hand OS X at resolutions like this. Other than the video card, i'm perfectly happy its performamce.
I know that in order to upgrade the video card in a Pismo one would have to solder the new one to the motherboard, so I'm wondering if anyone knows of a successful attempt to do so.
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Forum Regular
Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: Bakersfield, CA
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Removing the old chip and soldering in the new chip would destroy the I/O logic board. The video is not upgradable.
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Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Montreal, QC, Canada
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What if the swap was attempted in a state of the art rework facility? I work as a trouble shooter on some pretty complicated stuff and I have access to repair operators who could swap out either a fine pitch or surface mount component for me with out a problem. I'm sure if we had a pin compatiable replacement then there wouldn't be a problem.
Octo
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Mac Elite
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Germany, 51°51´51" N, 9°05´41" E
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The Prob is not only the GPU. You also have to upgrade the VRAM, means also these chips have to have the same pin-alignment. I think it�s actually unpossible  to upgrade the GPU.
Pat
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