O.K let me take another look at this damned flasher thing. i'll see if i can break the vise and extract the bits we need, without screwing my video card.
if we are lucky, the code will not be checksummed/encrypted, perhaps we can just res-edit in the bits we need. steve > From: John Albert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>(SuperMacs List) > Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 14:55:54 -0500 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>(SuperMacs List) > Subject: [SM] Radeon 7000 - Is a "Mac only" flash upgrade possible? > > Hello all, > > I've been following the Radeon 7000 "flashing" threads closely, trying to > archive relevant information. > > Unfortunately, the "source site" for this project is in German, and the > individual (Mitch?) who did the German-to-English translations did not put his > presentation together coherently enough for idiots like me to comprehend his > chain of thought <G>. > > From what I have been able to gather reading the information posted there and > here, there are possibly _two_ courses of action to flash the Radeon 7000 PC > to be usuable on the Mac: > > FIRST WAY (requires a PC): > - Flash the card on a PC with the "PC flasher" that was put together in this > "package": > <http://people.freenet.de/amichalak/7000PCI.sit> > - And then, use the ATI Mac ROM updater to "finish off" the card and make it > "Mac-ready". > > SECOND WAY (No PC required): > - Obtain a certain version of ATI's _Mac_ ROM updater software that is missing > the "hooks" that prevent it from "seeing" non-Mac-specific ATI Radeon 7000 > cards. Because this updater cannot "distinguish" Mac-specific Radeons from the > PC-version Radeons, this particular flasher (and this one ONLY) can be used on > a Mac to update the ROMs on the PC-specific card to make it "Mac-ready". > > Recently, this message was posted in SuperMacs by [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > ======= > 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. > ( they should have checked for the pc sig!!, but thats their mistake) > prior to that the previous updater always checked for the mac sig!!, which > prevented the updater flashing the "wrong card" > ======= > > QUESTION: > How does one "identify" WHICH VERSION of the ATI ROM updater software that he > has on disk? > > The posting above makes mention of "208 rom updater V1" and "208 rom updater > V2". Apparently the "key software" for performing this entire operation "on > the Mac side" is this mysterious "V2" updater, which ATI neglected to make > "Mac-specific". Surely, it has been withdrawn from ATI's download page, but I > sense that _someone_, somewhere, still has this updater software around. > > I checked around, and found two versions of ATI's "R7000-ROM-208" software: > 1. Revision of 12/9/02 > 2. Revision of 1/22/03 > What I have are "VISE" archives containing the installers. I currently DO NOT > have a Radeon card at all, so I haven't tried to install the software itself. > > The Installers contain the following versions of the ATI updaters > Both "revisions" contain the following ROM versions: > - 208 (current) > - 119 > > But this _still_ doesn't make mention of the "V2" updater. > > Since I don't have ready access to (or working knowledge of) a PC, tracking > down a "Mac-only" solution would be a significant step. I may have "read the > previous message wrong", and a Mac-only solution may indeed be impossible. But > if there _is_ one out there, let's smoke it out! > > I sense a major "coup" here. I would urge other list members posting on this > issue to carefully edit their postings so that -- when assembled -- the > various bits and pieces of information can be easily digested and assembled > into a working tome. <G> > > - John > > -- > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 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