My 8500/9600 MoBo/xlr8 G3 300MHz/768 Mb RAM/18 GB Hard Drive has an ATI Xclaim VR128 (16 MB). It is currently connected to a Magnavox Apple Color Display (13"/14") via a Griffin gView adapter until my income tax refund gets me a 21" monitor.
Except for its small size, the performance of the monitor is adequate. But, when I try to open the ATI Displays control panel, I get the following message: "ATI Displays could not be loaded. perhaps the ATI Extension is not inside the System Folder or the Extensions were turned off during start up." There is no "ATI Extension" as such. The ATI extensions actually are: ATI 3d Accelerator ATI Driver Update ATI Graphics Accelerator ATI MPP Manager (currently off) ATI 3d Radeon Accelerator (currently off) ATI Rage 128 3d Accelerator ATI Resource Manager ATI ROM Extender Is the ATI displays control panel not loading because this is not a multi-sync monitor? Another oddity: when I try to run TechTool Pro, I get a message that says "Sorry, but a 640 x 480 screen is required to run TechTool Pro." I thought this was a 640 x 480 monitor, and the Display control panel identifies it as 640 x 480, 67 Hz, yet the Apple System Profiler says it is a 640 x 454 monitor. I've tried zapping the PRAM and/or trashing the Monitor preferences, but this has no effect on screen size. What's the deal here? On the TechTool v. Norton debate, I have both and use both on my G4/OS 9.2.2 at work, and neither has ever given me any trouble. Norton works fine on the G3. In fact, I used Norton long before I ever used TechTool, going back to OS 7.5. But both are good products, and I would use TechTool on the G3 as well were it not for the monitor issue. -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | PowerON Computer Services <http://www.poweron.com> REPLACEMENT PARTS in STOCK Drives, CD-ROMs, RAM, Mac OS SW, Power Supply <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
