On Apr 7, 2009, at 3:50 PM, pdimage wrote:
> > On 7/4/09 19:43, "insightinmind" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The ATI Radeon 9800Pro Mac Edition, I thought, was supposed to be >> ready for the QS 2002 ... no taping required. >> >> I have now removed the battery for 20 minutes, and am waiting awhile >> after replacing for it to build the mobo back up. >> >> Do I also need to do a cmd/opt/p/r, for my first Startup, if I remove >> the battery as described? or does removing the battery do that for >> me? refresh the PRAM? NVRAM? >> >> Also, does removing the battery, replace the need to push the CUDA >> button? >> >> As much as I've done this, I'm not clear on a proper sequence >> anymore ... had another birthday yesterday ... >> >> Bill > > Oh - right - it's a mac card - forget the tape....yes to the first > startup as I believe the previous settings are stored as rom which > is read > at startup - I don't think removal of the battery will erase rom as > would > the cmd/opt/p/r which erases the pram and nvram settings and > rewrites them > from the boot process - so it should read the bios of the 4mx and > write the > info into the nvram settings. > If all else fails the cuda is well worth a try - just resets > the mobo - > instructions as to the use of the cuda vary but I press it just > once for a > min 30 secs - probably an old wives tale or a throwback to the > classic days > - black screen of death and the vulcan deathgrip key commands...etc > - those > were the days..... > > Pete > I went on and did the cmd/opt/p/r with 5 chimes ... didn't give me video. A Safe Boot did, and I did a Shut Down, and it said it was writing Boot Cache before quitting. Restart gave me the no video ... but a Restart with shift/opt/cmd/ delete got it to the Installation DVD ... simply holding down C wouldn't work ... I had attached an external HD with a copy of my Leopard partition, hoping to link to it ... but got the Install DVD ... Startup Disk set to my Tiger-10.4.11 partition got me a Startup, but no video ... (I'm looking at it from a network Mac) ... round and round I seem to be going ... Something's really screwy ... like maybe a bad mobo? I'll try re-seating the card again. 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
