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Installing a DeckLink PCI or PCI-X card in a Power Mac G5 with PCI-X slots
Please review the section in your G5 user manual entitled “Installing a PCI Expansion Card or
Replacing the AGP Card” for information on how to safely install PCI and PCI-X cards, including
your DeckLink card.
Before commencing this procedure, you will need to verify that your Power Mac G5 contains PCI-X slots.
Please refer to the earlier section “Which PCI slots are in my Power Mac G5?” for help in identifying the
type of PCI slots in your Mac.
1. Remove the power plug from the back of your Mac. This is a safety precaution before opening
your computer. Ensure that you are statically discharged by using a static strap.
2. Remove the side cover of your Mac to gain access to the PCI slots.
3. Remove your DeckLink card from the protective static bag making sure you don’t touch the
gold connectors on the base of the card. These precautions should be taken when handling any
PCI card.
4. Find a spare PCI-X slot, preferably slot 4.
Slot 4 is usually the best PCI-X slot to use with DeckLink PCI and DeckLink PCI-X cards
as it is the fastest slot and is on an independent 133 MHz PCI-X bus. Slot 4 is the top slot in a
Power Mac G5.
5. Remove the metal port access cover, and screw, from the back of your Mac.
6. Insert your DeckLink card and ensure that it clicks firmly into place. G5’s seem to have tight slots
so make sure the DeckLink card is firmly seated in to place.
7. Secure the card by the screw.
8. The procedure for installing a RAID controller card is similar to the above.
9. Now replace the side cover of your Mac. Reconnect the power and start up the computer.
If you find the job of installing a “DeckLink” or “DeckLink HD Pro PCI-X” card in the top slot to be too
tricky, simply install it in one of the 100 MHz slots (slots 2 or 3). It is much easier to fit the card in to these
slots and we have verified that the card runs fast enough in the 100 MHz slots. Avoid placing a slower PCI
card in the other 100 MHz slot as both slots will be reduced to the speed of the slower card.
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