[CUBE] DVD Player software not happy with GeForce2

[Thubten Kunga]

When I had a GeForce 2MX card in my Cube the DVD Player worked just 
fine. No problems. You running 10.2.3 and DVD Player 3.2 right? Those 
are the current versions.

k

On Tuesday, January 21, 2003, at 08:11  AM, John H. Lincoln wrote:

> Following the advice of this List, I purchased a GeForce2 video card 
> for my 450MHz Cube  but the results have been a disappointment.
>
> Installing the card required swapping out the "fence" from the stock 
> ATY 128 Pro video card that came with the Cube. That was OK. But 
> performance with the GeForce2 (under OS X 10.2.3) was not noticeably 
> different (!). What did I forget? My GeForce2 was from eBay, and did 
> not include any software. Should there have been a driver on CD? For 
> OS X?
>
> But the real problem came later in the day, when I attempted to play a 
> DVD. Turns out the GeForce2 is not compatible with the DVD Player from 
> Apple.
>
> I quickly re-installed the original video card, and then DVD Player 
> worked as usual: just fine.
>
> Has anyone else experienced this (apparent) incompatability between 
> the GeForce2 video card and DVD Player?
>
> Thanks.
>
> -- 
> Digitally Yours,
> John H. Lincoln
> Digital Media Designer
> Fornalutx, Mallorca, Spain