on 11/10/02 17:55, James S Jones at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I just put the old Rage 128 from my B&W into my 8500 at work, which has > the Apple G3 300 ZIF from the same B&W running in an XLR8 ZIF carrier > card. The card worked fine from the start, with the 1710AV monitor that > came with the 8500 and the ATI extensions from OS 9.1 enabled. It still > works fine with 9.2.2 and the latest ATI extension package. > > Two questions for you. Does this card still work in a B&W? Did you > press the CUDA after you installed it (assuming the 7300 has one)? > > On Sunday, November 10, 2002, at 12:32 PM, Wayne Nymark wrote: > >> Have just received a Rage 128 card from EBay auction, and am having >> trouble >> getting it to work in my 7300 (upgraded with Maxpowr G3 250MHz). The >> card >> was pulled from a B&W G3. I am running OS 9.2.2 and have 296 MB Ram. >> >> The card is not completely dead because Apple System Profiler >> recognizes it >> and provides card details. The problem is that on startup all of the >> startup >> graphics are distorted with vertical lines. The computer then hangs >> just >> before the desktop appears. I get the same result with my applevision >> 750 >> (and adapter) and a VGA NEC multisync. Same result with Apple OS 9.2.2 >> drivers and ATI October 2002 Update. For that matter same result with >> no ATI >> extensions on. >> >> When I run both monitors, with startup on the non rage card monitor, I >> get >> to the desktop without a problem. However, as soon as I move onto the >> Rage >> card monitor, graphics become distorted and the screen ultimately goes >> black. >> >> My questions: >> (1) Is there enough life in this card to suggest that there may be a >> fix for >> my problem. >> >> (2) Has anyone had any experience, good or bad, running a Rage 128 >> (in a >> pre-G3 PM) pulled from a B&W G3? Did you have any or similar >> installation >> problems? How did you fix them? > James - Don't know if Rage card still works in B&W. I don't have one. With respect to PRAM, I did ZAP it using TechTool (don't think the 7300 has a CUDA - at least I haven't found it!)
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