As many times as I've done this, I still feel the need to ask (my G4 manuals don't seem to answer my particular question).
I read in another G3-G5 thread, that really the only time you need to do "cmd/opt/p/r", is when you change the mobo makeup (excluding the PCI slots). For example, adding/removing RAM, changing the CPU, and possibly changing a video AGP card. Is there a possibility that doing so, could mess up a certain multi-PCI card arrangement, that was built up, one card at a time, without resetting PRAM each time? I'm trying to rebuild my QS 2002 Dual 1GHz with several PCI cards: Rosewill 10/100/1000 (Realtek 8169 chipset), M-Audio Delta Audiophile 2496, and Sonnet Tango USB1.1/FW400. These "should" work together: they're all PCI 2.1 compliant, AFAIK. My 2 video cards I'm changing back and forth: testing the hardware setup with the natively supplied GeForce4 MX, and ending up with my ATI Radeon 9800Pro ME, which, if it doesn't function well in the GeForce4 MX Hardware tested arena, I need to return to AMD/ATI in a few weeks for replacement. Let's say I build up my native GeForce4 MX system to include all 3 PCI cards and it works well. Then, I need to change video cards to the ATI Radeon 9800Pro ME requiring cmd/opt/p/r. Would it be better to rebuild the ATI system the same way I built the GeForce system ... adding 1 PCI card at a time, after getting the ATI card to run alone? Or is there any difference? just replace the video card, do a cmd/opt/ p/r, and things should run if the new card is good? Bill Connelly artsite: http://mysite.verizon.net/moonstoneartstudio myspace: http://www.myspace.com/moonstoneartstudio --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
