[G4] Problems with Radeon 8500

[Jim Pacyga]

Use the custom install option on the ATI Universal ROM Updater.  Select 
the 126 version of ROM for the 8500 then continue...it will flash the 
card back to the 126 version ROM.  I too had problems with the newer 
ROMs and have since backed up to the original with no problems.  
However, I have also noticed that the new 10.3.6 drivers seem to be a 
bit slow on my 8500 G4 and even on an iMac G5.

jim

On 22 Nov 2004, at 15:35, Kevin Willis wrote:

> 	I am trying to use a 64 Mb AGP Radeon 8500 in my G4. I installed it, 
> then installed the firmware update and latest drivers from ATI. After 
> that, my system started to hang after a few minutes of playing Halo. 
> It also started to shut off all of a sudden from time to time. I had 
> the same problem a couple of weeks ago after installing a similar 
> card. I sent it back to the people I bought it from and reinstalled my 
> PCI Radeon 7000 in the meantime.  It ran fine for the week and a half 
> I waited to receive the replacement card. After installing that card, 
> I started having the problems again.
>
> 	I am starting to think it might be a flashed PC card that doesn't 
> handle the firmware upgrade very well. I would like to undo the 
> firmware update and try it like that if anybody knows how to do that. 
> Any thoughts on this problem would be greatly appreciated. It is 
> virtually impossible to play Halo with the 7000 card installed.
>
> Thanks--
>
> Kevin
>
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