Rev. George, G-listas all see below "Rev. George G. Guillory" wrote: > on 7/4/04 6:07 PM, Cornett wrote: > > > I wish to Thank You for your wakeup call on this seemingly very quiet area > > grey area on our G3s, and as I've had too many irons in the fire and too > > little > > solid input (other than the suggestion that the UW SCSI cards need to be in > > the nearest to the processor slot to function) on my hunt for All the > > BeigeG3's > > Open Firmware (other than these found 3): > > init-nvram > > set-defaults > > reset-all > > unique BeigeG3 dt/mt machine inputs to help in that area, Yes, it is a very > > scary area yet indeed, needing more time than available for pre-study with > > lotsa geek to spare, an some real big cajones to foolishly play around in OF > > to boot. But, I am plannin' to go back in and replace the SCSI card to it's > > original position and slide the Radeon 7000 over to the middle slot hit the > > CUDA, Zap the PRAM on Restart and hope for the best that both cards are > > workin' well before tryin' to install the OrangeMicro-FW/USB card in the > > open outside slot. > > > > If anyone could indulge us with some more enlightenment on these areas > > of thought, or even point to uRLs that would be of great help. TIA > > Hi Bill; > I just did a little looking at a couple of websites, and a couple of > things stick. On the FW/USB combo cards, some require S/W to work, some > require OS9 or later, and some require certain MOBO and/or Rom revisions. > I would visit the website of your card Mfg and check the system and OS > requirements for your particular card. That may be part of the problem. HTH > --Thanks; Rev. George > --Maranatha (means the Lord cometh)
Thanx for both responces, and PeterH might just have sumpin' there, I'll incorporate that lil' ditty into the next go'round, but as for the OrangeMicro card, I did have it working fine in my now all ATA Beige with the Sonnet 133ATA card in there, after I'd done the flashing and then given up on the now ATTO SCSI card and pulled it, and then replaced all with the Sonnet Tempo Treo and then the Radeon 7000 cards, but've kinda bitten off too much(maybe?) here, in hopin' to work my 2nd. BeigeG3 into an all SCSI unit, 'cause it's all deja vu all over again and I've still not attempted to add any other cards than another Radeon 7000 and either of the SCSI cards, so it won't be the OM card yet, and I don't think that it'll act up once that is in there, but that's still aways downstream-1st. either SCSI card w/ a passel of UW SCSI HDs, 2nd. a Radeon 7000me, then the OM, and lastly a 400Mhz+ G3Zif or better yet a G4 Zif and maybe a light o'clocking job on either. So George that's the basic plan, but the hurdles are still the game, as I do really want this to work, without having to toss the Sonnet 133ATA card back in and give up on my all SCSI plan, and 1st. chance I have will be to return the SCSI card(will test both the unflashed and ATTO flashed) into their stock (most inner) slot position. And although I've got a bunch of bootable OS partitions(in trying to save some of my legacy SW apps and periferials ), my main boot and test/setup OS is OS9.2.2 in which both USB/FW are fully supported for either the Sonnet or the OM cards. Oh Yes, both G3s are rev. 3(c), and no "Royal" PMU, each w/6Mb video Ram (max) on mobos. If anyone has any suggestions, ideas, or tryouts on these areas of thought, or even a point to uRLs that would be of great help. TIA As I'm on Digest form, do Please add a b/CC to my addy onto the Send. TIA for your time and kind considerations and the list BW again. Respectful of GURUs Bill Cornett cornettATgolDOTcom current setup: <BeigeG3mtAV/533Mhz1Mb/MaxRAM/Radeon7000me32Mb/Sonnet TempoTreoATA133/USB/FWcomboPCI/3x120GbHDs/20GbNativeATA busHD/CD-RW/Zip/Bootable OSs-8.51/8.6/9.1/9.2.2 all MT internal> "Most of the people I know use Macs, and it feels like we're a privileged minority, though the odd thing is that, unlike Mercedes or BMWs, they are not significantly more expensive than the competition. Why does anybody use anything else?" -Douglas Adams / -- 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
