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Hardware / PMac 7300 and Radeon 7000
August 21, 2008, 21:36 |
Well, whatever I did, it worked! I hit the reset (CUDA) button and rebooted. I had previously removed all the ATI files from the Extensions folder, but my Mac located and booted from the ATI card anyway. I'm hesitant to reinstall the System 7 ATI drivers again for fear it will screw something up, but once I get Conflict Catcher installed, it will be easier to manage my startup set. I'll give them a try at that point. Thanks for the assistance - it's greatly appreciated! Tom |
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Hardware / PMac 7300 and Radeon 7000
August 20, 2008, 05:21 |
Thanks for the tips. I hit the reset switch (and unplugged the power supply) when I installed a fresh battery in order to get the date/time reset and saved. That's the procedure that Apple recommends in their tech manual. I'll try your suggestions in the next day or two and let you know what happens. I realize that the 7000 will be complete overkill for the apps I'm running, but it's so inexpensive to totally max-out an old Mac that I couldn't resist. I want to find a source for a larger L2 cache chip next (256kb is standard, but 1mb is the max). |
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Hardware / PMac 7300 and Radeon 7000
August 19, 2008, 03:00 |
I thought I'd post my recent findings with my new-to-me PowerMac 7300/200 and the recommended ATI Radeon 7000 32mb graphics card. I'd had an urge recently to break out a few old games (Marathon, Pathways into Darkness, Prince of Persia, Hellcats, etc.), so I picked up a near-perfect 7300/200, loaded it up with 4mb of VRAM, 512mb of RAM and did a clean-install from my original 7.6.1 CD. I installed the System 7 ATI drivers that I downloaded from here and installed a new-old-stock Radeon 7000 32mb graphics card. However, there appears to be no way to override the 7300's built-in graphics and boot with the Radeon card. I get a total freeze and an error message that's illegible (halfway off my Sony 21" screen) and I'm forced to "pull the plug" on the Mac to restart. I tested the card in my G4 Gigabit Ethernet Mac with OS 9.2.1 and it works fine, so I know the card's OK. Is there a trick to using the card with a Mac that has built-in graphics other than to use it on a second monitor? I'd appreciate any advice that can be offered. Thanks - Tom |
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