on 12/2/02 11:44 PM, Darren at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi
> Purchased a Matrox millennium card, MIL2P/4F pc version.
> There are no jumpers on this card which I can see
> Thought I'd flash it for the mac using the tools from Matrox.
> Removed the old bio's fine.
> Error reported updating bios aborting
> Machine 4400 will not boot with the card installed now.
>
> Remove, install in lowend pc.
> Update bios using tools from Matrox site.
> In dos, incorrect bio's warning, bios upgrade aborted
> Atleast it boots with the card in.
>
> The pc bio's upgrade finds the file which it asks for but it must be the
> wrong one.
> So I've made a mess. Anyone know how I may resurrect this card for
> either platform. I kept threads about this from the pci list but I've
> sadly lost them, I'm hopeful one of the knowledgeable folk here may have
> a idea without the thread being shattered into many as it tends to on
> the pci list.
>
> Thank you.
Ahhh, something I've tried to do and failed too! :>
I asked this question a few months ago, since I had a couple of them to play
with. The PC Mil card does not have enough space in the bios to store the
Mac's bios data.
I tried two cards. The first one I tried I did the same as you - attempted
to update the card, and it failed. I then tried it in a PC and I could not
flash it there either.
On the second one, it failed too. However, I also downloaded the PC flasher
to the Mac and flashed the PC bios to it. This allowed me to be able to use
it on the PC again.
I now have a Voodoo 3 3000 in mine, so I no longer need it. :>
Brian Futrell
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