RE: Radeon 9800 & Gig Ethernet

2009-11-04 Thread Stewie de Young
etermwarner.com Subject: Re: Radeon 9800 & Gig Ethernet Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 16:11:15 -0500 To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com On Oct 31, 2009, at 4:59 AM, pdimage wrote:A card with artifacts at stock speeds has some kind of problem - if it disappears when the card is downclocked the problem is li

Re: Radeon 9800 & Gig Ethernet

2009-11-04 Thread Erik Hancock
better thermal conductor else you might not know if the problem is truly fixed. My 2 cents Erik From: PETER WARNER Reply-To: Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 16:11:15 -0500 To: Subject: Re: Radeon 9800 & Gig Ethernet On Oct 31, 2009, at 4:59 AM, pdimage wrote: > > A card with artifact

Re: Radeon 9800 & Gig Ethernet

2009-11-04 Thread PETER WARNER
On Oct 31, 2009, at 4:59 AM, pdimage wrote: > A card with artifacts at stock speeds has some kind of problem - if it > disappears when the card is downclocked the problem is likely > overheating so > the first thing I would do is service the heatsink and fan or look > for an > alternative lik

Re: Radeon 9800 & Gig Ethernet

2009-10-31 Thread Bill Connelly
On Oct 31, 2009, at 9:33 AM, pdimage wrote: > > On 31/10/09 12:47, "Bill Connelly" wrote: > >> My apologies if I sounded like I was being patronizing ... that was >> not my intention. >> >> It had also, always been my experience to perform "download the >> latest >> drivers" whenever there se

Re: Radeon 9800 & Gig Ethernet

2009-10-31 Thread pdimage
On 31/10/09 12:47, "Bill Connelly" wrote: > My apologies if I sounded like I was being patronizing ... that was > not my intention. > > It had also, always been my experience to perform "download the latest > drivers" whenever there seemed to be a software/hardware issue. > > But the advice I

Re: Radeon 9800 & Gig Ethernet

2009-10-31 Thread Bill Connelly
On Oct 31, 2009, at 1:06 AM, Michael G.M. wrote: > > > > On Oct 30, 2:11 pm, Bill Connelly wrote: > >> I have the ATI Radeon 9800Pro ME and I believe you're supposed to >> stick with the software supplied via OS X. > > The cards come with software installers for a reason, don't they? If > it wa

Re: Radeon 9800 & Gig Ethernet

2009-10-31 Thread pdimage
On 31/10/09 05:10, "PETER WARNER" wrote: > Having updated the ROM to the August 05 (130), I still had the same > problems. Then I re-read this, and it caught my eye. My stock > frequencies in ATIccellerator II are listed as Processor 378 MHz, and > Memory 337.50 MHz. So I took your advice, and

Re: Radeon 9800 & Gig Ethernet

2009-10-30 Thread PETER WARNER
On Oct 31, 2009, at 1:10 AM, PETER WARNER wrote: > Having updated the ROM to the August 05 (130), I still had the same > problems. Then I re-read this, and it caught my eye. My stock > frequencies in ATIccellerator II are listed as Processor 378 MHz, > and Memory 337.50 MHz. So I took your

Re: Radeon 9800 & Gig Ethernet

2009-10-30 Thread PETER WARNER
On Oct 30, 2009, at 3:13 PM, pdimage wrote: > The display problems might be avoided and the card's life stretched > out a while longer by underclocking - it's a last gasp effort > though. I > think the Mac Edition 9800 Pro was 350mhz core and 300mhz ram so it > will > easily come down to 9700

Re: Radeon 9800 & Gig Ethernet

2009-10-30 Thread Michael G.M.
On Oct 30, 2:11 pm, Bill Connelly wrote: > I have the ATI Radeon 9800Pro ME and I believe you're supposed to > stick with the software supplied via OS X. The cards come with software installers for a reason, don't they? If it was an ATi rage 128, yes stick with the software supplied within OS

Re: Radeon 9800 & Gig Ethernet

2009-10-30 Thread Bill Connelly
On Oct 30, 2009, at 4:34 PM, pdimage wrote: > > On 30/10/09 20:18, "Bill Connelly" wrote: > >> If there's a way to do it under OS X 10.5.8 or even under OS 9, I >> would oblige. >> >> Unfortunately, my Compaq Presario is somewhat gutted ... and has >> rolled over, dead. > > There's a program ca

Re: Radeon 9800 & Gig Ethernet

2009-10-30 Thread peter
Holey Cow, when I left for work at 2pm there was no reply, you guys have given me a whole lot of great stuff to try here! I'm on dinner break now, but once I get a chance to try some of these things, I will be posting updates. Thanks so much, I thought that I was going to have to deal with sending

Re: Radeon 9800 & Gig Ethernet

2009-10-30 Thread Bill Connelly
On Oct 30, 2009, at 4:34 PM, pdimage wrote: > > On 30/10/09 20:18, "Bill Connelly" wrote: > >> If there's a way to do it under OS X 10.5.8 or even under OS 9, I >> would oblige. >> >> Unfortunately, my Compaq Presario is somewhat gutted ... and has >> rolled over, dead. > > There's a program ca

Re: Radeon 9800 & Gig Ethernet

2009-10-30 Thread pdimage
On 30/10/09 20:18, "Bill Connelly" wrote: > If there's a way to do it under OS X 10.5.8 or even under OS 9, I > would oblige. > > Unfortunately, my Compaq Presario is somewhat gutted ... and has > rolled over, dead. There's a program called Graphiccelerator which you can access from the same s

Re: Radeon 9800 & Gig Ethernet

2009-10-30 Thread Bill Connelly
On Oct 30, 2009, at 4:12 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: > > On Oct 30, 2009, at 2:51 PM, Bill Connelly wrote: > >> Speaking of ROM Revision, I bought my card fairly recently rom OWC >> and >> it has these numbers. What ROM version do I have?: >> >> ROM Revision: 113-A0750A-201 > > This is a v.

Re: Radeon 9800 & Gig Ethernet

2009-10-30 Thread Kris Tilford
On Oct 30, 2009, at 2:51 PM, Bill Connelly wrote: > Speaking of ROM Revision, I bought my card fairly recently rom OWC and > it has these numbers. What ROM version do I have?: > > ROM Revision: 113-A0750A-201 This is a v.201 ROM, even newer than the v.130 from the Aug.2005 Update, whic

Re: Radeon 9800 & Gig Ethernet

2009-10-30 Thread Bill Connelly
On Oct 30, 2009, at 3:39 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: > > On Oct 30, 2009, at 10:53 AM, PETER WARNER wrote: > >> ATI Radeon 9800 Pro, Mac Edition (not flashed PC version), ROM >> revision 113-A07525-114 > > The 9800 had two other ROM Updates from the original v.114 you're > using. There was a v.120 a

Re: Radeon 9800 & Gig Ethernet

2009-10-30 Thread Kris Tilford
On Oct 30, 2009, at 10:53 AM, PETER WARNER wrote: > ATI Radeon 9800 Pro, Mac Edition (not flashed PC version), ROM > revision 113-A07525-114 The 9800 had two other ROM Updates from the original v.114 you're using. There was a v.120 and the final version was a v.130. You need to run the ATI

Re: Radeon 9800 & Gig Ethernet

2009-10-30 Thread pdimage
On 30/10/09 15:53, "PETER WARNER" wrote: > > Any Ideas? > Here are my specs: > > G4 Gigabit Ethernet Dual 450 > 1 Gig of matched RAM (4...@256 PC 133-333) > 6 port PCI USB 2 card > USB devices are mostly powered, or on a powered hub > Acer X183H 1360x768 @ 60Hz 18.5" WS monitor > ATI Radeon 980

Re: Radeon 9800 & Gig Ethernet

2009-10-30 Thread Bill Connelly
On Oct 30, 2009, at 2:03 PM, Michael G.M. wrote: > > Hi, > I would start by replacing the 9800 card with the default card and see > if I still have problems, then I would reinstall the software for the > 9800. Are there any updates for this card's software ? If so, update > after you reinstall t

Re: Radeon 9800 & Gig Ethernet

2009-10-30 Thread Michael G.M.
Hi, I would start by replacing the 9800 card with the default card and see if I still have problems, then I would reinstall the software for the 9800. Are there any updates for this card's software ? If so, update after you reinstall the software. Replace the card, boot up, and run disk repair fro

Re: Radeon 9800 & Gig Ethernet

2009-10-30 Thread Clark Martin
PETER WARNER wrote: > I recently (about 2 months ago) upgraded my video card to a Radeon 9800 > Pro Mac Edition. I had a 16" Dell CRT that I found in the trash 4 years > ago... But it worked fine with the original Rage 128. When the 9800 was > installed, I had problems with random pixels, or