Rich & Dana, Thx for all your info & help. Will give it a whirl tonight. Happy Father's Day to all :-) Bob
In a message dated 6/19/04 10:02:41 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >BobT, > >Rich is correct; and iirc, in your original post, dav was one of the >selections in your sound control panel. Again, iirc, the DVD version of >the "Wings" card (which is indeed what you have) had the ATI decoder > chip on the "Wings" controller board, whereas the straight A/V >version did not. Based on your earlier post (the 2nd) where you >mentioned the ROM rev. C and the version of ATI chip (Rage Pro), >the card should be compatible. > >The only thing not done yet is that which an Apple technician (during on- >phone line) suggested I do (and it worked) was pull the voltage regulator >card and PRAM battery, *then* press the CUDA switch, replace battery, >then VR card, then on reboot zap PRAM. It was the VR card that did >the trick for me. > >Short of that, my guess is one of the preamps on the card went out. > >My 2� worth. > >Best regards, > >Dana > >OS X is not an issue, since you are running 9 > > >>On 6/19/04 5:11 PM, Richard Starr of [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent >> --- You wrote: > >> R.A. >> That's interesting!! >> This card has L/R RCA sound in/out (4 jacks), >> 2 yellow jacks (composite video?), & 2 round black round >> female receptacles (analog video in/out?). >No S-VHS In/Out DINs? >> Plus the sound out & headphones mini jacks at the bottom >> just below the modem port. >> BobT > >> --- end of quote --- > >> That sounds like the DVD card, the last of the wings cards. I have >>one in my Beige, Rev 1 motherboard rev c rom. If you run System >>Profiler in os 9 it will display which wings card is installed. >>I don't have 9 running now but as I recall, it comes up as DVD A/V >>personality card or something like that. I don't think the 10 >>equivalent of Profiler (Apple menu/About this Mac/more info) >> identifies the personality card on a Beige. >> >> The video in on that card will only work on a rev 3 motherboard >>and only if no pci video card is installed. And no way to use it in >>10. Video out worked for me in os 9 but I have not tried it in 10. >> >> Audio out works fine in 10 for me and so does audio in. But you >>have to set the sond preferences correctly for audio in. This is >>true in 9 and 10, if I remember correctly. >> >> This last of the presonality cards (wings) is supposed to have a much >>improved sound chip, which is why I keep it even though I don't need the >>DVD or video portions, all of which are obsolete in this day of >>Firewire DV video, Radeon video cards and accelerater zifs. >> >> Hope this helps. >> Rich -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
