on 9/26/02 11:06 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Writing to let the list now that the Sonnet G4/800 card with which I was > experiencing strange video problems is working better.
Right on, that's good news. I never asked before, but I'll bet that Sonnet upgrade is screaming fast in an S900 huh? I wonder, benchmark-wise, where it falls on the hierarchal machine list. Probably near an Apple G4/733 for many tests I'd bet. > After a lot of messing around I found that the ixMicro Ulimate Rez card > needs to sit in slot A. Here it is happy, and the horrible video problem > is gone, although video peformance isnt that great. Ah-ha, good to know, I would've thought slot 2 would work okay too, but nothing is for sure with all the various upgrades together. Now you need a video card to compliment your processor. May I suggest an ATI Radeon or similar. =) ATI has a trade-up program that's worth checking out, and there's a PCI card in that offer, doesn't hurt to see if it's a good deal or not... http://mirror.ati.com/shopati/traderebate/tradeup.html > Now the problem is with my OrangeLink USB/FW card. USB services work > fine but FW insists that the external FW drive needs initialised, wheras > it loads fine on other G4 machines. Also the FW bus does not appear in > any of the tech tools (ie system profiler, Tattle Tech, Nortons, etc). > Is this normal. I have tried moving the card around to different slots, > ,and have loaded the latest FW drivers (FW2.4)> Any help will be greatly > appreciated. If Orangelink supplies an extension set for that card, try disabling all other FireWire related extensions. You've likely tried that already, but I'm thinking Apple's FireWire extension(s) isn't playing nice with the Orangelink one's. Glad you're close to smooth sailing on that fast S900 of yours. -Howie -- 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! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
