First of all, I apologize for the length of this entry - please let me know if there's another way to handle lengthly "incident reports"...
Summary - S900 w/G3 XLR8 upgrade card, OS9.1, have 4 PCI boards - started with... Slot 1 - 2940UW Adaptec board Slot 2 - TwinTurbo video board Slot 3 - blank slot 4 - Audiophile 2496 audio/MIDI card slot 5 - blank slot 6 - PowerLogix RapidFire board Firewire was not being acknowledged at all in System Profiler Suggestion from Jeff to switch TwinTurbo (slot 2) w/RapidFire (slot 6) - they both work, BUT Audiophile (slot 4) isn't acknowledged. Suggestion 1 - move 2940UW to one of four lower slots and Audiophile in upper two slots. Result: No video Suggestion 2 - start from scratch order (also try keeping TT lower than audiophile to see what happens) TT & Audiophile in first two slots, 2940UW & RapidFire in lowe two slots - Here is what I did in several attempts... Slot 1 - audiophile Slot 2 - TwinTurbo Slot 3 - RapidFire Slot 4 - 2940UW RESULT: video worked, but system froze consistently (pre-extension icons) Slot 1 - audiophile Slot 2 - TwinTurbo Slot 3 - 2940UW Slot 4 - RapidFire RESULT: RapidFire still invisible. I later replaced RapidFire in Slot 5, same deal. When I put RapidFire in Slot 6, system froze in same manner as above (pre-extension) Slot 1 - audiophile Slot 2 - TT Slot 3 - RapidFire Slot 4 - 2940UW RESULT: Same system lockup as above (pre-extension) Now I was REALLY curious, so I tried to determine if maybe I had some bad PCI slots or if the 2940UW may be the problem, so I did the following... Took the 2940UW out of the loop Slot 1 - audiophile Slot 2 - TT Slot 3 - RapidFire RESULT: All three were acknowledged. I took the RapidFire and moved it once, to Slot 4, once to Slot 5, once to Slot 6. No difference - all three were acknowledged. One thing I noticed consistently, is that only 3 PCI slots were ever acknolwedged - different boards, but same indicators - A1, B1 & C1 were acknowledged, no matter what slots the boards were in. Could this have anything to do with my XLR8 G3 upgrade card? Thanks in advance. BevLev -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | SPECIAL SM LIST PRICES - 24x Bootable SCSI CDROM $39.99, Umax Processors $19.99 PowerSupplies from C500/C600 $49.99 J700/S900 $79.99 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> 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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
