On Mar 3, 2009, at 11:34 PM, Dana Collins wrote:
> > On 3/3/09 7:34 AM, dc of [email protected] sent > >> >> Like everyone else already said, a 4MX will run in a QS. I have >> one in >> a Digital Audio, a slightly older Mac. Make sure the card is seated >> correctly then press the reset button on the motherboard before you >> close up the case. >> >> On Mar 2, 11:16 pm, Dana Collins <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Greetings all, >>> Hmm... I had a spare GeForce 4MX (32Mb) video card, pulled from >>> an MDD/ >>> 867MHz-DP unit. >>> For some reason it does not work in a Dig. Audio G4/733MHz. >>> Any reason why not? Would it work in a QuickSilver (DP @ 1GHz)? >>> (btw, it is a known good card). >>> Many thanks, >>> Dana > > Hi there, > Thanks to DC and to fellow music warrior Bill for chiming in. Now my > "confession" - I am trying to get this card (and the host Dig. > Audio) to run > OS 9.2.2 (for app. specific reasons; I got the spare G4, why not?). > > Re-seated the card, reset the board, zapped the PRAM; now then, the > card > actually fires up the monitor attached, but after the happy face > with the > welcome to Mac OS9 logo, the mouse cursor disappears and the boot- > up process > freezes; have to do a hard re-boot (reset button). As you may > recall, in OS > 9 you'll get the "You didn't shut your Mac down properly" window > with Disk > Utility doing a quick fix - I get that; the card appears to work (it > displays properly), then when done, I click "OK" and the happy OS 9 > face > appears and the unit freezes again. Nothing indicative of extension > conflict; just what appears to be hardware incompatibility. So, I am > thinking that an NVidia 4MX and a Dig. Audio just don't work (need > a 2MX or > 3MX) - hence my question. > Many thanks, > Dana According to the Apple Specs Reference I gave earlier, its supposed to work ... http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=88346 Mactracker also suggested the firmware update: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=120068 But what would I know ... I'm just a lowly sensitive Musician and Painter ... No experience with a DA ... Digital Audio that is ... Just offering things to consider ... Bill Connelly artsite: http://mysite.verizon.net/moonstoneartstudio myspace: http://www.myspace.com/moonstoneartstudio --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
