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> From: PCI PowerMacs
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf
> Of Ben Smith (QM Systems)
> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 9:34 AM
> To: PCI PowerMacs
> Subject: Re: PCI cards from peecees (conversions to Mac)
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: PCI PowerMacs
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf
> > Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 11:36 PM
> > To: PCI PowerMacs
> > Subject: Re: PCI cards from peecees (conversions to Mac)
> >
> >
> > > Reply-to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (PCI
> PowerMacs)
> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (PCI
> PowerMacs)
> > > Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 08:44:47 -0700
> > > Subject: Re: PCI cards from peecees (conversions to Mac)
> > > From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > > on 9/10/01 7:49 PM, James S Jones at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > >
> > > > Matrox has a flash updater that will turn a Millennium
> > from a PC to Mac
> > > > card. It's on their web site, though not easy to find.
> > It didn't do
> > > > quite what I had in mind, though. After the update, it
> > was recognized in
> > > > one of our G4s (it wasn't before). But, through the Mac
> > knew what it
> > > > was, it didn't work. I've yet to try it in my 8500s.
> > >
> >
> > I ask all w/ owner of Millennium cards for Macs to look at their
> > Flash chip markings that starts w/ 28... or 29... for example:
> >
> > 28c256, 29c512 or 29010 etc. It's small retangular chip above the
> > chipset bit to the left.
> >
> > Do this same for the Millennium II also because I wanted to
> > know this
> > details so I can come prepared when I find a used
> > Millennium II card
> > pc version and convert that too for Mac.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > I suspect mine's flash chip is too small for this conversion. If
> > true, I can find larger one off the junker boards and use that and
> > try again.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Jason (Wizard)
> >
>
> There is a web site somewhere that details the Matrox upgrade
> procedure, unfortunately I cannot remember the url.
> Regarding the bios chip, it must be 512 or larger as the Mac code is
> larger than the PC code, and the 256k chip will not hold it.
> on the Mill2 that I upgraded I had to change the chip, I replaced it
> with a socket so I can easily change it back if I need to,
> currently I
> am using a 29020 (2mb chip) as it was all I had to hand.
> don't forget you need the Matrox drivers as well as the
> flash update,
> you can get both from:
> http://www.matrox.com/mga/support/drivers/previous/prv_mac.cfm
>
> Ben.
>
I have found the site, see:
<http://forums.xlr8yourmac.com/action.lasso?-database=faq.fp3&-layout=
FaqList&-response=answer.faq.lasso&-recordID=33&-search>
for more info.
Ben.
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