Setup: 9500, Sonnet G4/700 upgrade, 944Mb memory, 2G internal SCSI (single partition) hosting OS 9.1, 60G 7200 rpm internal ATA (two partitions: OS and Apps/Docs) connected to a SIIG ATA 133 controller card hosting OS 8.6 as the startup/normal working drive. Installed PCI cards include USB, and an ATI 7000 Mac edition (new).
Bought the ATI 7000 card after installing the Sonnet G4 upgrade and finding that my IXmicro video card no longer worked due to imcompabatilies with the G4 card (but before I found out the ATI requires 9.2.1 to be fully capable, and 9.2.1 isn't compatable with my 9500!) The ATI gave me video out-of-the-box, but the video acceleration drivers and dual video output for the ATI card don't work with OS 8.6 and recommends 9.2.1. Trying to play it safe, I 'test' upgraded the internal SCSI drive to 9.1, leaving my main workhorse drive with 8.6 alone. When I startup with 9.1 I seem to have the video acceleration but not the dual display, which I need, and have found that 9.1 seems to crash or freeze up a lot more than 8.6 does while I'm working. Wanting the dual-display feature of the 7000, I download the 9.2.1 upgrade and v1.08b of OS9 Helper. I just ran the Helper and attempted the 9.2.1 install; about 1/3 of the way through it tells me that it can't update the hard disk driver for one of the partitions I have on the ATA drive (Apps/Docs); about 3/4 of the way into the install, a dialog box tells me that there was a problem with the big system morsel (or something like that) and that the install could not continue. I quit the installer and attempt to restart; it hangs as the 9.1 desktop begins to load. Many restart attempts later, the computer freezes a few seconds after I get the grey screen with the pointer. Cannot go beyond that, even with the SHIFT key down. Attempts to force startup from the other (8.6) internal drive, or even the CD-ROM have been unsucessful, I can't get past the grey screen with a frozen pointer. Am I totally screwed? It sure seems like it. Thanks for any advise. ---Alex -- 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
