Re: ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Version 32MB PCI video card not recognized on Sawtooth

2012-02-23 Thread Jesse
After much doing (using a hybrid of methods), I was able to flash the Radeon 7000 PCI graphics card to successfully work on the Mac -- currently I'm using v2.08 of the ROM and have noticed that neither QE or Core Image are being supported. Will going up to v2.26 enable one (or both) of those? As I

Re: ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Version 32MB PCI video card not recognized on Sawtooth

2012-02-23 Thread Len Gerstel
On Feb 23, 2012, at 10:04 AM, Jesse wrote: After much doing (using a hybrid of methods), I was able to flash the Radeon 7000 PCI graphics card to successfully work on the Mac -- currently I'm using v2.08 of the ROM and have noticed that neither QE or Core Image are being supported. Will going

Re: ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Version 32MB PCI video card not recognized on Sawtooth

2012-02-23 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Feb 23, 2012, at 8:04 AM, Jesse wrote: After much doing (using a hybrid of methods), I was able to flash the Radeon 7000 PCI graphics card to successfully work on the Mac -- currently I'm using v2.08 of the ROM and have noticed that neither QE or Core Image are being supported. Neither

Re: ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Version 32MB PCI video card not recognized on Sawtooth

2012-02-23 Thread Jesse
Man... now THAT is bad news. That being said, the guy DID refund my money on the card purchase so it isn't like I'm out any money. Now, if I could just get all that TIME back. quelle drag... On Feb 23, 10:59 am, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Feb 23, 2012, at 8:04 AM,

Re: ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Version 32MB PCI video card not recognized on Sawtooth

2012-02-23 Thread Bruce Johnson
Double check with ATI's website...I might be remembering the specs for the RAdeon 9000 AGP that I had in my G4. On Feb 23, 2012, at 9:39 AM, Jesse wrote: Man... now THAT is bad news. That being said, the guy DID refund my money on the card purchase so it isn't like I'm out any money. Now,

Re: ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Version 32MB PCI video card not recognized on Sawtooth

2012-02-23 Thread Peter Devlin
On 23/02/2012 15:04, Jesse jesse.wm.wall...@gmail.com wrote: After much doing (using a hybrid of methods), I was able to flash the Radeon 7000 PCI graphics card to successfully work on the Mac -- currently I'm using v2.08 of the ROM and have noticed that neither QE or Core Image are being

Re: ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Version 32MB PCI video card not recognized on Sawtooth

2012-02-23 Thread Jesse
I guess the latter -- I have a 19 Trinitron monitor at 90º (mounted in an old Birdie King arcade cabinet) -- right now, the desktop displays in portrait and I need it to display in landscape in order for the front end to show up correctly. I have YET to install the drivers as I assumed that OS X

Re: ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Version 32MB PCI video card not recognized on Sawtooth

2012-02-23 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Feb 23, 2012, at 10:44 AM, Jesse wrote: I guess the latter -- I have a 19 Trinitron monitor at 90º (mounted in an old Birdie King arcade cabinet) -- right now, the desktop displays in portrait and I need it to display in landscape in order for the front end to show up correctly. I have

Re: ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Version 32MB PCI video card not recognized on Sawtooth

2012-02-23 Thread Kris Tilford
On Feb 23, 2012, at 9:04 AM, Jesse wrote: currently I'm using v2.08 of the ROM and have noticed that neither QE or Core Image are being supported. Will going up to v2.26 enable one (or both) of those? If you're using the reduced 2.08 ROM then upgrading to the reduced 2.26 might actually

Re: ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Version 32MB PCI video card not recognized on Sawtooth

2012-02-23 Thread Jesse
Here's what I could find with a quick search... http://www2.ati.com/drivers/macosx-ati-displays-4-5-1.html Added VERSAVISION display rotation on Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) to select ATI OEM graphic solutions. RADEON 9800 XT RADEON 9800 Pro RADEON 9600 XT RADEON 9600 Pro RADEON 9200 (Mac Mini) So

Re: ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Version 32MB PCI video card not recognized on Sawtooth

2012-02-23 Thread Jesse
And yes, it's a MAME cabinet (which is no small feat when using a Mac instead of a PC). 'j On Feb 23, 1:04 pm, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Feb 23, 2012, at 10:44 AM, Jesse wrote: I guess the latter -- I have a 19 Trinitron monitor at 90º (mounted in an old Birdie

Re: ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Version 32MB PCI video card not recognized on Sawtooth

2012-02-23 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Feb 23, 2012, at 1:00 PM, Jesse wrote: Here's what I could find with a quick search... http://www2.ati.com/drivers/macosx-ati-displays-4-5-1.html Your google-fu is strong today, that's the article I was remembering, but couldn't find. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of

Re: ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Version 32MB PCI video card not recognized on Sawtooth

2012-02-13 Thread Jesse
As some of you have suspected, the card was recognized when I plugged it in my PC. It won't display past the Windows XP startup screen, but I know that's something to do with not having the correct drivers. Bottom line: if it displays ANYTHING, it's gotta be working to some capacity. So my next

Re: ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Version 32MB PCI video card not recognized on Sawtooth

2012-02-13 Thread Peter Devlin
On 13/02/2012 15:38, Jesse jesse.wm.wall...@gmail.com wrote: As some of you have suspected, the card was recognized when I plugged it in my PC. It won't display past the Windows XP startup screen, but I know that's something to do with not having the correct drivers. Bottom line: if it

Re: ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Version 32MB PCI video card not recognized on Sawtooth

2012-02-11 Thread Jesse
I will give it one more go -- the seller will refund the price if it doesn't work. My suspicions is that it IS dead as I tried it in a BW G3 Yosemite and got nothing. It should be so much easier to get a cheap, functional card for the Sawtooth that's capable of doing monitor rotation. Dang!

Re: ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Version 32MB PCI video card not recognized on Sawtooth

2012-02-11 Thread Kris Tilford
On Feb 10, 2012, at 5:06 PM, Jesse wrote: I will give it one more go -- the seller will refund the price if it doesn't work. My suspicions is that it IS dead as I tried it in a BW G3 Yosemite and got nothing. Make sure you use the special video PCI slot when using a BW. It should be so much

Re: ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Version 32MB PCI video card not recognized on Sawtooth

2012-02-11 Thread t...@io.com
On Feb 10, 2:17 pm, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: It SHOULD just work, as the only difference between this and a retail Radeon 7000, iirc, was the lack of the other ports. Have you tried it on a more modern monitor than the old 19 one? It's remotely possible it's putting

Re: ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Version 32MB PCI video card not recognized on Sawtooth

2012-02-10 Thread Jesse
This now makes total sense. I was curious as to why it would only have a VGA out. It wasn't an issue b/c the monitor I'm hooking it into is an old 19 Trinitron (mounted in portrait orientation for a MAME cabinet), so all I needed was VGA. I had a feeling it was mac-specific... every time I did a

Re: ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Version 32MB PCI video card not recognized on Sawtooth

2012-02-10 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Feb 10, 2012, at 12:29 PM, Jesse wrote: This now makes total sense. I was curious as to why it would only have a VGA out. It wasn't an issue b/c the monitor I'm hooking it into is an old 19 Trinitron (mounted in portrait orientation for a MAME cabinet), so all I needed was VGA. I had a

Re: ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Version 32MB PCI video card not recognized on Sawtooth

2012-02-10 Thread Len Gerstel
On Feb 10, 2012, at 3:17 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Feb 10, 2012, at 12:29 PM, Jesse wrote: So does anyone have experience using this card in anything other than the Xserve? It SHOULD just work, as the only difference between this and a retail Radeon 7000, iirc, was the lack of the

Re: ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Version 32MB PCI video card not recognized on Sawtooth

2012-02-09 Thread pdimage
On 09/02/2012 16:40, Jesse jesse.wm.wall...@gmail.com wrote: I've run the August 2005 ROM update while booted up in Safe Mode (OS X 10.4.11) and STILL am not having any luck. The card itself is listed as Part Number 109-85500-01 which matches up as the Radeon 7000 Mac version and as far as I

Re: ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Version 32MB PCI video card not recognized on Sawtooth

2012-02-09 Thread Kris Tilford
On Feb 9, 2012, at 10:40 AM, Jesse wrote: I've run the August 2005 ROM update while booted up in Safe Mode (OS X 10.4.11) and STILL am not having any luck. And the ROM is identified as what? (should now be v.2.26 I believe). If this is a PC card, there's the possibility that the ROM chip is

Re: ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Version 32MB PCI video card not recognized on Sawtooth

2012-02-09 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Feb 9, 2012, at 1:11 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: This can't be a real Mac card because all the real Mac cards were identical and came with three ports, a DVI, a VGA, and an S-video. Since this card has only one port it's absolutely a PC card. If it has a PC ROM, you may need a PC to

Re: ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Version 32MB PCI video card not recognized on Sawtooth

2012-02-09 Thread Len Gerstel
On Feb 9, 2012, at 3:21 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Feb 9, 2012, at 1:11 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: This can't be a real Mac card because all the real Mac cards were identical and came with three ports, a DVI, a VGA, and an S-video. Since this card has only one port it's absolutely a PC

Re: ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Version 32MB PCI video card not recognized on Sawtooth

2012-02-09 Thread Kris Tilford
On Feb 9, 2012, at 2:21 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: IIRC the very first Xserve's had a VGA-only PCI ATI card, ISTR it was a 32 mb 7000. I was unaware of this card, is it a half-height card or full size? -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using

Re: ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Version 32MB PCI video card not recognized on Sawtooth

2012-02-09 Thread Len Gerstel
On Feb 9, 2012, at 3:35 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Feb 9, 2012, at 2:21 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: IIRC the very first Xserve's had a VGA-only PCI ATI card, ISTR it was a 32 mb 7000. I was unaware of this card, is it a half-height card or full size? Full size. Looked just like the retail

Re: ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Version 32MB PCI video card not recognized on Sawtooth

2012-02-09 Thread Kris Tilford
On Feb 9, 2012, at 2:42 PM, Len Gerstel wrote: It was mounted parallel to the main board on a riser I believe. That explains it. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The

Re: ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Version 32MB PCI video card not recognized on Sawtooth

2012-02-09 Thread Kyle Hansen
You are correct. I am looking at one right now. Had a L-bracket and mounted parallel to the Logic Board. 32mb PCI with one VGA port. -- Kyle Hansen When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro! --Hunter S. Thompson On 2/9/12 12:42 PM, Len Gerstel lgers...@gmail.com wrote: On Feb 9, 2012,