Hi, I picked up a couple of reflashed PC Radeon 7000 cards off eBay, one with 32mb and the other with 64mb. They were meant for S900s with Sonnet G4 upgrades (700mhz and 800mhz).
I popped in the 64mb card, added the Griffin monitor adapter and fired up the S900. The video gave off thick black, vertical stripes. Several restarts gave the same result. So, on a whim, I swapped out the G4/800 for the G4/700. Joy! I got a normal picture. However, there's a problem. The video refresh on the old Apple 20-inch monitor is very slow in Quark. In fact, today it was taking 30-40 seconds to refresh a document with numerous small images. That little Mac spinning clock was a close associate all day long. When I dropped the images out and only text remained, it refreshed quickly. Maybe it's something else that's causing this, I don't know. I've got 500+mb RAM, running OS 9.0.4. I went to the ATI site and looked for a download to control the card, but I have some questions. 1. It gives a firmware download for the "Mac Edition" of the 7000. Is this a "Mac Edition" or is it not, having been flashed to the Mac ROM? I don't want to flash it again and blow the card if that's not the thing to do. 2. Is there a control panel to adjust the 7000, as I've seen with other cards? 3. Why would the 64mb card not work with the G4/800? A bad flash job? A bad upgrade card? There's certainly enough video RAM to handle the processor. If anybody has any answers or potential solutions, I'd love to see them. Thanks. Jerry -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
