> From: Steve Hardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [SM] Sapphire ATI 7000 > > Those of you who've gotten the card to work, does it always start up > in 640X480 and switch as though it doesn't remember the settings and > needs to read them from the disk ... sorta like when you zap the PRAM? > > That's what mine is doing. > > Steve
Yes , This seems to be normal startup with the Radeon 7000 Video cards including the expensive ones sold with the Mac label ! Congrats on sticking with it and getting the card to work! One guy tried it about 3 times and sent it back all in the same day! Ilook forward to a future post from John on the info I know he is collecting on the best way to flash these cards. I will caution him and you that what works for one clearly doesn't for someone else. I believe this is because of the PC being used has different hardware that interacts differently with the cards. Also there are reports of the Sapphire 32mb card having different Video ram from sample to sample and different ram speeds. There have been very few Sapphire 64mb card tested so far so no word on if it also has this issue. This is believed to affect the flashing and also the speed at which the card will run. Which of course is the reason for different ROM files being developed. Oddly enough the more expensive and faster ATI Mac Edition (not the 7000) runs at the slower mhz speed but is still faster odd but true. It is possible the Sapphire card is more like the Mac Edition then the 7000 not sure yet.It would not have occurred to me to flash the card while using it. I don't think that is usually recommended but what ever works! As to the hanging while starting up. What was your old Video card? i was using the ATI 128 card and i needed to get rid of two extensions which that card used in order to use the new card. "ATI Graphics Access' from OS 9.1 kept it from even starting up all the way and the "ROM update" extension for the older card also caused problems. However please note the correct Drivers for the new card also has extensions with the same names as the older versions causing problems. Extension manager is a good way to look at extensions and see what goes with what and version numbers and a easy way to turn thing off and on until you get it right. When running OSX 10.2.4 everything needed will already be installed. Will S -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
