From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <374CCD26.AB2C6ADC@eos.ncsu.edu> Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 00:42:14 -0400 From: Scott Sams MIME-Version: 1.0 To: jsproul@mail.wesleyan.edu, linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: AWACS Bug References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: Thank you for the helpful information. However, neither of the tricks you suggested helped me. Is it possible to damage the AWACS chip on the motherboard (maybe by an electrical surge?) and still have the machine run? I guess I will have to install a new card. Do you know of any other PCI sound cards that work under linuxppc on a powermac? Thanks, Scott Jason Y. Sproul wrote: > > Have you tried a motherboard reset and/or powerdown? For the former, you > have to locate the reset switch on the motherboard - should be near the > battery. For the latter, you have to yank the backup battery on the > motherboard and leave it out and the machine unconnected to *anything* for > at least four hours. (Overnight is preferable.) I've seen Macs get wedged > badly enough that an mboard powerdown and a few hits of the reset were > necessary to flush everything. Developing PCI cards isn't always fun... > > ........................................................................ > Jason Y. Sproul http://www.con.wesleyan.edu/~jsproul/ > jsproul@wesleyan.edu jsproul@iced.com http://www.iced.com/ > Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines. -- ____ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Scott Sams (____ _ _-|-|- sbsams@eos.ncsu.edu _____)(__(_)| | http://www.catt.ncsu.edu/~sbsams ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [[ This message was sent via the linuxppc-dev mailing list. Replies are ]] [[ not forced back to the list, so be sure to Cc linuxppc-dev if your ]] [[ reply is of general interest. Please check http://lists.linuxppc.org/ ]] [[ and http://www.linuxppc.org/ for useful information before posting. ]]