At 11:18 -0400 04/26/2002, B. Levreault wrote: >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?
I don't think it is related to your G3 card, but that's how new things are learned. Something happens that no one expected. Still, in your case, it looks like the RapidFire has some kind of problem with lower slots. Does that card have more than three Firewire ports on it? That might explain it. Anyway, I suggest that you try the AudioPhile and the RapidFire in the two upper slots and the TT and the 2940UW in the lower slots. Be sure to hit the CUDA switch before booting up. I have, on occasion, had configurations of PCI cards that actually will work, but gave me the "no video" result you got and a simple hitting of the CUDA switch, or removing all cards and adding one at a time between boots fixes the issue. It doesn't happen very often, but every once in a great while... So, I think your AudioPhile and TT in the upper slots might have worked with a little more fiddling, but it might not as well. Here's what I would do. Install the TT and the 2940UW in lower slots and no other cards in the machine. Hit the CUDA and then boot up. Shut down. Put the RapidFire in one of the upper slots. Boot up. Shut down. No CUDA here. You don't want to reset the NVRAM. You want the machine to build your device tree one piece at a time. I don't why this makes a difference some times, but it has in the past once or twice. Now put the AudioPhile in the remaining upper slot. Boot up, see what happens. This configuration is not your best performance option, but it may be your only compatibility option. You might also try the above starting with the TT in an upper slot and the 2940UW in a lower slot and add the Rapidfire and AudioPhile back in one at a time and see if it works better than before. Jeff Walther -- 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
