At 12:39 +0800 02/19/2003, mailadmin wrote: >you have to follow the whole story. >They issued the 208 rom updater V1. > >it goes back to a kensington mouse extension, that caused some macs to >corrupt the ati display card, and crash half thru the update process. > >so to un-screw the mac users ati had to issue an update to the "rom updater" >(V2) that was capable of un-screwing a corrupt rom, WALA!!, a pc rom is >screwed up ( to a mac), so it flashes the rom with the mac code, because the >updater thinks the card is screwed.
So... why does one need to put it in a PC and flash it with Mac code before using the newer updater? Ah, I hoped that ATI would slip up there, when I saw the issue mentioned on XLR8yourmac. I checked back that week and got the new updater (Jan. 22, 2003?). I figure they'll pull it quickly. 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! | 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
