Jeff, Jaques, Chrisso and everyone, I'm not sure if it was the fact that I flashed the card back to 1.19 and then again to 2.08, OR it PROBABLY was the fact that I walked out of the room in disgust after the monitor didn't power on after 30 seconds...but in any case, when I walked back into the room after a minute and a half, the monitor woke up JUST AS the computer got to the boot up screen that says, "Mac OS X"!!!
It works great now, except for the fact that the monitor takes nearly two minutes before you see any activity on the screen. I installed the November Retail drivers and I now have a Radeon 7000 PCI in my S900! Man I love this list!!! George --- Jeff Walther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 17:49 -0800 01/11/2004, George Namcam wrote: > >Jeff, > >Thanks for your input. This sounds exactly like > what > >I am currently experiencing, so I am grateful for > any > >help that you have to offer. > > > >I bought the PC version PowerColor Multi-Display > >Edition Radeon 7000 Evil Wizard :) I flashed it > >according to the instructions that were posted to > this > >site: > > > >http://aex.org/mac/7000.html > > > >Like I pointed out earlier, sometimes I needed to > >invoke command+option+p+r to get the monitor to be > >detected. Probably just a coincidence. > >I have a ViewSonic E90f 19 inch monitor attached to > >the S900. It powers up the monitor 50% of the time > in > >OS9, but has never detected the monitor in OS X. > What > >exactly should I do to try to work around this? Do > you > >think a DVI->VGA adapter might do the trick? > > Keep in mind that the cause of your problem may be > different from the > cause of the problem which I am chasing. However, > assuming that > we're looking at the same problem, there are two > solutions which I > have found so far. > > First, you can flash the card using the Mac firmware > updater from > ATI. Version 2.08 or the firmware updater contains > an option to > flash the card to firmware 1.19. Firmware 1.19 > solves the problem > I'm familiar with. > > Second, connect a VGA - Mac adapter to your R7000. > Then connect a > Mac - VGA adapter to your VGA -Mac adapter. Then > connect your > monitor to the Mac - VGA adapter. I used a > Uni-Macfly adjustable > universal Mac to VGA adapter. I don't know if this > works with every > adapter. > > If the cable on your monitor comes off at the > monitor end, you might > try a different cable, though it seems like that > wouldn't make a > difference. They should all be pretty similar, I > think. However, I > found an old NEC cable that made a difference on my > Intellicolor > monitor. > > I found that a DVI to VGA adapter had no effect. In > fact, to use the > Intellicolor on the DVI port, I had to connect DVI - > VGA, VGA - Mac > and Mac - VGA. Quite a row of adapters. If you > want a DVI -VGA > adapter, Newegg has them for $8 with affordable > shipping. > > I am not running OSX and have no experience along > those lines. > Under OS9.1 these issues are consistent. If the > monitor isn't > recognized it just isn't recognized, so this causes > me to suspect you > may have a different problem. > > I think Will has pointed out that some R7000 cards > have slower RAM or > a slower GPU than the stock settings in the firmware > for the Mac. > So you should check those issues. It is also > possible that software > configuration could be at the root of your problem. > > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
