Re: Radeon 9800 Gig Ethernet

2009-11-04 Thread PETER WARNER
On Oct 31, 2009, at 4:59 AM, pdimage wrote: A card with artifacts at stock speeds has some kind of problem - if it disappears when the card is downclocked the problem is likely overheating so the first thing I would do is service the heatsink and fan or look for an alternative like an

Re: Radeon 9800 Gig Ethernet

2009-11-04 Thread Erik Hancock
with the better thermal conductor else you might not know if the problem is truly fixed. My 2 cents Erik From: PETER WARNER pe...@petermwarner.com Reply-To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 16:11:15 -0500 To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Radeon 9800 Gig Ethernet On Oct 31

RE: Radeon 9800 Gig Ethernet

2009-11-04 Thread Stewie de Young
Subject: Re: Radeon 9800 Gig Ethernet Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 16:11:15 -0500 To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com On Oct 31, 2009, at 4:59 AM, pdimage wrote:A card with artifacts at stock speeds has some kind of problem - if it disappears when the card is downclocked the problem is likely overheating so

Re: Radeon 9800 Gig Ethernet

2009-10-31 Thread pdimage
On 31/10/09 05:10, PETER WARNER pe...@petermwarner.com wrote: Having updated the ROM to the August 05 (130), I still had the same problems. Then I re-read this, and it caught my eye. My stock frequencies in ATIccellerator II are listed as Processor 378 MHz, and Memory 337.50 MHz. So I took

Re: Radeon 9800 Gig Ethernet

2009-10-31 Thread Bill Connelly
On Oct 31, 2009, at 1:06 AM, Michael G.M. wrote: On Oct 30, 2:11 pm, Bill Connelly billycarm...@verizon.net wrote: I have the ATI Radeon 9800Pro ME and I believe you're supposed to stick with the software supplied via OS X. The cards come with software installers for a reason, don't

Re: Radeon 9800 Gig Ethernet

2009-10-31 Thread pdimage
On 31/10/09 12:47, Bill Connelly billycarm...@verizon.net wrote: My apologies if I sounded like I was being patronizing ... that was not my intention. It had also, always been my experience to perform download the latest drivers whenever there seemed to be a software/hardware issue. But

Re: Radeon 9800 Gig Ethernet

2009-10-31 Thread Bill Connelly
On Oct 31, 2009, at 9:33 AM, pdimage wrote: On 31/10/09 12:47, Bill Connelly billycarm...@verizon.net wrote: My apologies if I sounded like I was being patronizing ... that was not my intention. It had also, always been my experience to perform download the latest drivers whenever

Radeon 9800 Gig Ethernet

2009-10-30 Thread PETER WARNER
I recently (about 2 months ago) upgraded my video card to a Radeon 9800 Pro Mac Edition. I had a 16 Dell CRT that I found in the trash 4 years ago... But it worked fine with the original Rage 128. When the 9800 was installed, I had problems with random pixels, or blocks of pixels

Re: Radeon 9800 Gig Ethernet

2009-10-30 Thread Clark Martin
PETER WARNER wrote: I recently (about 2 months ago) upgraded my video card to a Radeon 9800 Pro Mac Edition. I had a 16 Dell CRT that I found in the trash 4 years ago... But it worked fine with the original Rage 128. When the 9800 was installed, I had problems with random pixels, or

Re: Radeon 9800 Gig Ethernet

2009-10-30 Thread Michael G.M.
Hi, I would start by replacing the 9800 card with the default card and see if I still have problems, then I would reinstall the software for the 9800. Are there any updates for this card's software ? If so, update after you reinstall the software. Replace the card, boot up, and run disk repair

Re: Radeon 9800 Gig Ethernet

2009-10-30 Thread Bill Connelly
On Oct 30, 2009, at 2:03 PM, Michael G.M. wrote: Hi, I would start by replacing the 9800 card with the default card and see if I still have problems, then I would reinstall the software for the 9800. Are there any updates for this card's software ? If so, update after you reinstall the

Re: Radeon 9800 Gig Ethernet

2009-10-30 Thread pdimage
On 30/10/09 15:53, PETER WARNER pe...@petermwarner.com wrote: Any Ideas? Here are my specs: G4 Gigabit Ethernet Dual 450 1 Gig of matched RAM (4...@256 PC 133-333) 6 port PCI USB 2 card USB devices are mostly powered, or on a powered hub Acer X183H 1360x768 @ 60Hz 18.5 WS monitor ATI

Re: Radeon 9800 Gig Ethernet

2009-10-30 Thread Bill Connelly
On Oct 30, 2009, at 3:39 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Oct 30, 2009, at 10:53 AM, PETER WARNER wrote: ATI Radeon 9800 Pro, Mac Edition (not flashed PC version), ROM revision 113-A07525-114 The 9800 had two other ROM Updates from the original v.114 you're using. There was a v.120 and the

Re: Radeon 9800 Gig Ethernet

2009-10-30 Thread Kris Tilford
On Oct 30, 2009, at 2:51 PM, Bill Connelly wrote: Speaking of ROM Revision, I bought my card fairly recently rom OWC and it has these numbers. What ROM version do I have?: ROM Revision: 113-A0750A-201 This is a v.201 ROM, even newer than the v.130 from the Aug.2005 Update, which

Re: Radeon 9800 Gig Ethernet

2009-10-30 Thread Bill Connelly
On Oct 30, 2009, at 4:12 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Oct 30, 2009, at 2:51 PM, Bill Connelly wrote: Speaking of ROM Revision, I bought my card fairly recently rom OWC and it has these numbers. What ROM version do I have?: ROM Revision: 113-A0750A-201 This is a v.201 ROM, even

Re: Radeon 9800 Gig Ethernet

2009-10-30 Thread pdimage
On 30/10/09 20:18, Bill Connelly billycarm...@verizon.net wrote: If there's a way to do it under OS X 10.5.8 or even under OS 9, I would oblige. Unfortunately, my Compaq Presario is somewhat gutted ... and has rolled over, dead. There's a program called Graphiccelerator which you can

Re: Radeon 9800 Gig Ethernet

2009-10-30 Thread Bill Connelly
On Oct 30, 2009, at 4:34 PM, pdimage wrote: On 30/10/09 20:18, Bill Connelly billycarm...@verizon.net wrote: If there's a way to do it under OS X 10.5.8 or even under OS 9, I would oblige. Unfortunately, my Compaq Presario is somewhat gutted ... and has rolled over, dead. There's a

Re: Radeon 9800 Gig Ethernet

2009-10-30 Thread Bill Connelly
On Oct 30, 2009, at 4:34 PM, pdimage wrote: On 30/10/09 20:18, Bill Connelly billycarm...@verizon.net wrote: If there's a way to do it under OS X 10.5.8 or even under OS 9, I would oblige. Unfortunately, my Compaq Presario is somewhat gutted ... and has rolled over, dead. There's a

Re: Radeon 9800 Gig Ethernet

2009-10-30 Thread Michael G.M.
On Oct 30, 2:11 pm, Bill Connelly billycarm...@verizon.net wrote: I have the ATI Radeon 9800Pro ME and I believe you're supposed to stick with the software supplied via OS X. The cards come with software installers for a reason, don't they? If it was an ATi rage 128, yes stick with the

Re: Radeon 9800 Gig Ethernet

2009-10-30 Thread PETER WARNER
On Oct 30, 2009, at 3:13 PM, pdimage wrote: The display problems might be avoided and the card's life stretched out a while longer by underclocking - it's a last gasp effort though. I think the Mac Edition 9800 Pro was 350mhz core and 300mhz ram so it will easily come down to 9700 Pro

Re: Radeon 9800 Gig Ethernet

2009-10-30 Thread PETER WARNER
On Oct 31, 2009, at 1:10 AM, PETER WARNER wrote: Having updated the ROM to the August 05 (130), I still had the same problems. Then I re-read this, and it caught my eye. My stock frequencies in ATIccellerator II are listed as Processor 378 MHz, and Memory 337.50 MHz. So I took your