[MacDV] Re: Video glitch on G5 w/ 9800 video

[James Asherman]

On Wednesday, December 3, 2003, at 02:46  PM, Gary Fujihara wrote:

> Aloha Jim, I do have QT Pro 6.4 installed, but this is not a quicktime 
> problem, as the
> fault occurs immediately upon bootup - from the time the grey apple 
> splashscreen
> appears, there are rows of narrow rectangular artifacts superimposed 
> on top of the
> computer video output (to a 23" cinema).  I can make out what the 
> output is, and can
> choose restart from the apple menu, and always the second bootup will 
> display the
> output normally.
>
> Fujmon
>

Aloha
  Does this only happen with the external display or the attached 
monitor too?
Maybe you can fix it by specifying your output and monitor deeper in 
the prefs Dept.
Jim



> ----- Original Message -----
> From: James Asherman <jimash at optonline.net>
> Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2003 9:32 am
> Subject: [MacDV] Re: Video glitch on G5 w/ 9800 video
>
>>
>> On Wednesday, December 3, 2003, at 02:24  PM, Gary Fujihara wrote:
>>
>>> My 2x2 G5 has 2 - 250GB internals and a couple of 120GB
>> externals, 23"
>>> cinema, and
>>> runs on OSX 10.2.8 (I have Panther 10.3.1 on my 17" PowerBook but
>>> waiting a while to
>>> install on the beast), and has been a dream.
>>>
>>> The only thing I have noticed is that when first booted, my video
>> is
>>> kind of spurious,
>>> with artifacts distributed throughout the display.  After
>> restarting,
>>> this goes away.  I have
>>> updated the firmware for the 9800, but to no avail.  It is more
>> of a
>>> nuisance than a
>>> problem since it only happens on initial startups and is easily
>>> corrected.  Has anyone
>>> noticed this problem?
>>>
>>> Fujmon
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> If you have QT 6.3 get 6.4  then if you have 6.4 I believe there is
>> a
>> patch for it.
>> Jim
>>
>>