[CUBE] How To FlashROM A $45 32MB TwinView PC Radeon 7000 So They Work In Cubes/Macs

[Thubten Kunga]

As promised for everyone to know and understand with no elitist secret  
codes kept to the sanctimonious pious all knowing Bishops and Lords of  
The List who believe that manners take precedent over knowledge  
sharing. My eternal gratitude to the creator of this hack Michael  
Bosshard of somewhere in Europe for helping me perfect these  
instructions so any idiot who stumbles upon them can perform the ROM  
flashing.

Special thanks to Sean Terrill for turning me onto this secret hack  
that was languishing incompletely explained in a corner of Laurie  
Duncan's magnificent CubeOwner.com website's forums.

You have to be willing and able to perform this hardware hack on your  
core to get the DC to DC card out of the way first:
<http://xlr8yourmac.com/systems/cube/CUBE_8500_MODS/cube_8500_mods.html>

A side benefit of the external DVD-RW or Combo drive hack is plenty of  
room for the DC to DC card where the optical drive no longer needs to  
reside.  
<http://www.apple-zone.com/forums/ 
viewtopic.php?t=58&start=15&sid=7e880a7dd6315c6e668d5a589363c651>

THEN...

Here's how to flash the ROM in a PC ATI Radeon 7000 AGP card to turn  
the PC card into a Mac Radeon 7000 AGP card.

1. Get a PC with a vacant AGP slot, floppy-drive and a graphics-card  
installed on board or in a PCI- slot.

  2. Get the PC 32MB Radeon 7000 AGP that looks like this or has the  
same chip and ram on it:  
<http://www.sapphiretech.com/media/7000/18c-4433-34-F.gif>

  3. Get the files needed here <http://138.190.133.115/radeon7000.zip> ,  
unpack the files and copy them loose (not the folder) to a DOS  
formatted diskette.

  4. Put the card you want to flash in the AGP slot

  5. Turn on the PC. Press F8 before win98 can start.

  6. Do the step by step confirmation thing, say NO to every question.

  7. Insert the floppy you made.

  8. Type "a:" and press ENTER.

  9. On the prompt type "flashrom -pm 0 rad70mac.rom" and press ENTER.

  10. Wait for the flash-program to finish. If you don't have the right  
card, then the flasher will tell you.

  11. Shut down the PC, pull the card out and put in into your Mac.

  12. Go to  
<http://www.ati.com:80/support/products/mac/radeon7000/ 
radeon7000maceditiondrivers.html> and download the most recent Mac  
Drivers and install them to add the S-Video support.


Here's where to buy the PC ATI Radeon 7000 AGP card for $45 with free  
shipping:  
<http://www.allstarshop.com/shop/ 
product.asp?pid=5387&sid=TCHFXSLV8RG09NSQWVTTJQE4WQEF1BD3#>

DVI to VGA adapter from there is only $8 extra vs. $19 from Apple.

Apple DVI to ADC adapter is $99 at  
<http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore/> click on  
"Cables & Hubs" on the lower left edge.

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