Jerry, I can only tell you what I did. I took a PC Radeon and flashed it to Mac using some "unofficial" firmware. I then downloaded the official retail firmware and software drivers from ATI. I flashed my card with the official firmware, and then installed the retail driver kit. My card works great in my S900. I can play Quake 3 Arena and get 35+ FPS. Use at your own risk, but the retail firmware and drivers worked for me. George
P.S. I have a XLR8 Zif Carrier card with a Powerlogix 900 mhz G3 zif, 584 mb RAM. --- Jerry Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam http://mail.yahoo.com -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
