i have been experimenting with a sawtooth i picked up a few weeks ago. i have flashed several AGP video cards (all nVidia) i have in my parts bin. what i find is that it usually takes several (2-4) attempts to boot properly.
the behavior of the monitor in a normal boot sequence is: gray apple screen with spinning gear wheel light blue screen for 2-3 seconds slightly darker blue screen for 1-2 seconds yet again slightly darker blue screen with arrow cursor in top right corner, for 1-2 seconds then normal desktop appears. when the agp cards don't boot properly, they display the gray apple screen, then hang at the first blue screen. sometimes i get the kernel panic screen after 5-10 seconds on the blue screen, other times it just hangs at the blue screen. for the cards where the Mac rom supports DVI, it makes no difference to the proper booting whether i'm using DVI or VGA output. eventually, after several resets, the machine boots properly. i flashed an nvidia 5500 PCI card, which boots flawlessly every time, but when the computer sleeps, the video card won't wake up. when using any of the agp cards (after proper booting) the computer sleeps and wakes properly. any ideas? thanks!! ken -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
