On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 04:00:19PM -0600, Andrew Gaffney wrote: > I pulled the following card from my PowerMac: > > pci bus 0x0000 cardnum 0x0a function 0x00: vendor 0x1002 device 0x4754 > ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage I/II 215GT [Mach64 GT] > CardVendor 0x0000 card 0x0000 > STATUS 0x0280 COMMAND 0x0080 > CLASS 0x03 0x00 0x00 REVISION 0x41 > BIST 0x00 HEADER 0x00 LATENCY 0x20 CACHE 0x08 > APBASE 0xda000000 addr 0xda000000 > BLOCKIO 0x0000bc01 addr 0x0000bc00 > REGBASE 0xdc000000 addr 0xdc000000 > MAX_LAT 0x00 MIN_GNT 0x08 INT_PIN 0x01 INT_LINE 0x0b > > Since I don't have the space to setup my Mac anymore, I'm stealing the > video card from it to use in my x86 box for a dual-head setup. The problem > is that whenever X tries to configure it, I get the error: > > (EE) ATI(0): Cannot read V_BIOS > > Does this mean that the card does not work or that it is just not > compatible with anything other than a Mac?
Based on what I have heard, mac and pc video cards aren't interchangable because the bios is mac or pc :( You have to flash the bios somehow. I'm sure there are tools out there, but like the other poster said, it's dangerous (or so I heard). Gotta love hardware huh? :) I was looking at buying a mac and figured I could just throw my older nvidia card in it to upgrade, but nooooo..... </rant> alan -- Alan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - http://arcterex.net -------------------------------------------------------------------- "There are only 3 real sports: bull-fighting, car racing and mountain climbing. All the others are mere games." -- Hemingway -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
