Thanks to all who helped me I got the damn thing running finally!!!! Now I am the victim of a constant beach ball? I remember hearing about this before.. Anyone know the cure for me? Oh yeah The Radeon wanted to be in the first PCI slot. I guess that is the price I pay for being lazy... Thanks again Peter
On 8/27/02 5:18 AM, "Larry Coltharp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Peter...you've not told us what Operating System you're actually > using with your new (of course, used) mac. I'm going to basics. > It's looking like everyone is assuming you trying this with X but > just in case, I'll offer my tidbits. > > Perhaps I could suggest starting from scratch with 9.1 I'm not > assuming you've not done this, but you've not actually said you've > even tried installing the driver software for the new display card as > well. > > Load 9..1, install the Radeon software, and see if you can at least > boot 9.1 with your new card. Once everything is healthy there. Then > maybe try the upgrade to Jag. 10.2 recognized my ATI exclaim card > and all seems to be working well. I'm told there's lots of built in > display drivers in .2 so maybe this will help. > > Larry > >> Can someone help out a PC guy who just switched to Mac? I have a Umax S900 >> with a G3 300 upgrade card apple firewire USB and IBM hard drive. I want to >> install my new Radeon 7000 but when I put it in the machine boots to just a >> black screen? The only way I get the machine to boot normally is to put the >> old video card back in and use that one. Help me please!!! -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> 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/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
