Upgrading your M92p's video card.

Hello all,
** This is for informational purposes only.  What you do to you own computer is at your own risk. **
First a power supply upgrade.  This is repeated from a previous thread.
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/107213474324338893681/albums/5923736771318853729
Here is the finished video card upgrade.  I chose to use a Nvidia Geforce GTX 660 by Zotac, and it works very nicely.  Comments are in the photos at the link.
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/107213474324338893681/albums/5927768961291639873
-Dutch

The video on the eMac, mini(PPC), Macbook Pro, iMac is a single chip soldered onto the Logic board and so is not upgradeable (changeable) if you could unsolder it without damaging the logic board then you would have to find a video chip that :
1/ is the same size
2/ has the number of connections (legs)
3/ is the same pin out
4/ has apple drivers !
Good luck.
custom mini

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