I had the same thing happen with mine. I wound up reflashing it using a PC and had to reset everything. But still wouldnt work on either machine (PC or 7500). In the end I just decided it must have been dead on arrival or I killed it. :-(
Michael Clark Auckland, New Zealand on 28/9/02 13:26, Brian Futrell at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I obtained two Matrox Millenium cards for the PC. One has 2MB, the other > has 4MB. > > I put the 2MB in my 8500/180, and ran the ProgBios program to update the > BIOS for the Mac. The BIOS version was 1.16.026. Well, I tried it several > times with that card, and each time it tried, it said that there were errors > when flashing the BIOS and to try again. > > I looked at the Matrox site, and found a newer (much) BIOS version, 3.0.1. > When I try to run the ProgBios program this time, it will breifly appear, > then vanish. The same thing happens when I try to run the older ProgBios. > > Did the failing flash to the 2MB card render it useless? > > > Brian Futrell -- 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! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; 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
