I've just bought a used iMac G4/800, and, according to System Profiler, the inbuilt graphics are "NVIDEA GeForce4 MX". In OS 9.2.2, if I load all the NVIDEA extensions the Mac hangs at the startup screen on bootup, but it boots OK with the ATI drivers loaded instead. My question is exactly which, if any, of the below extensions should I have loaded for optimum performance on this iMac?
ATI 3D Accelerator ATI Driver Update ATI Graphics Accelerator ATI MPP Manager ATI Radeon 3D Accelerator ATI Rage 128 3D Accelerator ATI Resource Manager ATI Video Accelerator OpenGLRendererATI NVIDIA 2D Acceleration NVIDIA Driver NVIDIA DVD Accelerator NVIDIA Engine NVIDIA OpenGL NVIDIA Video Accelerator Apple IX3D Graphics Accelerator Apple IX3D RAVE Engine Apple IX3D Video Memory Manager At the moment, I have NONE of the above loaded. What IS loaded, however, is "Apple Monitor Plugins". Do I need this? Also, the Monitors control panel only shows "Millions" and "1440 x 900". How can I adjust brightness, change the resolution, etc?? Similarly, I get no audio output. Sound manager is loaded, volume is full, but nothing out of the speakers or headphone socket. I PRESUME that these are all OS9 problems because sound and display adjustments work fine in OSX, but I need to also boot into 9 as some apps won't run in Classic mode. Here's another dilemma - holding "shift" on bootup doesn't start up the without extensions loaded, and holding "option" on bootup doesn't give me the option to boot into OSX. Also, there's a small mark under the screen's surface that I'd like to remove if possible... Any help on all of the above would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Kev -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:imac-list@mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
