I read something regarding sticking to the default apple drivers for video cards, I can't recall which model though, but it could be worth a shot! If there's any way you can install the os to another drive/ partition, and see how it goes without installing the ati drivers, or try an archive install if that's not an option? Someone with more experience may know better
On 21 Aug 2009, at 14:56, corolla2 <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, I recently bought a Power Mac G4 Sawtooth and made several > upgrades to it with no problems -- until I added a ATI Radeon 7000 Mac > Edition video card. > > My G4 is running OS X 10.4, updated to 10.4.11. It has a Sonnet Encore > ST G4 1GB processor; 1.25 GB of RAM; and a 120 GB IBM Deskstar/Apple > hard drive. It is attached to a 23" acrylic Cinema Display. I use the > ADC to DVI adapter from Apple in order to connect to the computer. > > I took out the old Rage 128 Pro card that was stock with the computer. > I followed the seller's instructions to install the Radeon 7000 card, > as follows: I installed the card driver and the control panel > software, then shut down the computer. I took out the Rage 128 card > and put in the Radeon one and started up the machine. > > The computer displays the desktop and applications fine. It plays > YouTube movies, though in a choppy manner. When I try to play a DVD, > however, the screen suddenly freezes up and breaks up into bright > green and white stripes of pixels. I can't force quit or restore the > screen image. This also happens when I let the computer go into sleep > mode and then "wake it up." The screen freezes with the green and > white stripes of frozen pixels. When the computer freezes, the only > option is to turn it off. > > I tried reinstalling the Radeon driver and control panel software. I > restarted the computer and tried to play a DVD again, but it still > freezes and displays the stripes. Any suggestions on how to fix this? > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
