On Wednesday, February 19, 2003, at 05:02 AM, Jeff Walther wrote:
> 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. > Found this on the ATI web site while doing some background work for another issue. Does this possibly help provide some additional information concerning this issue? Check this ATI page out, especially the part highlighted in blue. we1 > -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
