On Saturday, October 5, 2002, at 02:08 AM, Robyn Lyons wrote: > You would need to get the updated drivers from ATI's website. You can > only use the card with 10.1.5 and up. It will run under 9.1 fine if you > pull some drivers from the 9.2 update and move them to a 9.1 System. Or > you could use the hacks at <www.os9forever.com> to install 9.2 on the > S900. The card will need to be in slot 1 or 2 in order to function > properly. If you are going to use OSX, make sure you set XPostFacto for > the output >Radeon7000, and input>keyboard. If by some chance you get > an extra BBOD (BeachBallOfDeath) in the upper corner, go back to XPF > and have it boot in verbose mode. > > By taking these extra precautions, you will find the Radeon7000 to be a > VERY worthwhile upgrade, especially if you still have the stock IXMicro > card installed. > > Now, someone double check my homework and make sure I didn't leave > anything out. Thanks :)
As far as I can see/remember, that's all the needed info. I run a Radeon 7000 in my S-900, and love it. Mostly. The one unresolved issue I have is that Console messages overlay my video card output. Once I started booting verbose it solved the extra BBOD problem, but on this system, a console message, such as IPFW having blocked something, or those associated with mounting and unmounting .DMG images, will appear at the bottom of the screen and cause everything else on screen to scroll up by as many lines, causing hellacious tearing once parts of the screen get redrawn. Switching from one color depth to the other will toggle some unknown factor so that future console messages appear a third of the way down the screen, overlaying whatever's there, but not causing the scrolling/tearing. Then, some random amount of time later, they'll start appearing at the bottom again (with the dreaded scroll/tear), until I change back to the other color depth. Hopefully I'll get Jagwire installed this weekend and go to my grave never knowing how to fix that. But other than that, it ranks right up there with my PowerLogix G3 as ~$100 very well spent. --Bryan -- 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
