Hi,
I just today received a Radius Thunder IV GX 1360 card. I have installed the card and am seeing strange behavior. As I have never used one of these cards before I am not sure if this is normal, if the card requires configuration or if the card is defective.
Upon system start-up, my display shows the radius logo twice along with a large checkerboard pattern down the center of the screen, almost like a column. The checkerboards are not consistent and towards the top random bits of pixels show--again in a non consistent pattern. Several blotches are also shown within the checkerboard. During the boot, init parade and eventual desktop display the image never changes from the described image. On one boot, my screen showed a very large checkerboard pattern which would change in size when I moved the mouse around. Again the init parade and desktop were never displayed.
I have tried re-seating the card, tried different nubus slots, tried removing all cards except the 1360, tried holding down the T key at start-up, etc. I have also tried the card in my second NuBus mac and observed the same results. I have also tried this card with different displays including one of my Apple multiple scans and observed the same results.
When I tried the T key, the display did cycle through different resolutions but still had the same symptoms. The card is identified on the NuBus interface properly as Radius's control panel shows the card as being installed. Finally I am running System 7.1.2 on both of my NuBus macs and have confirmed that there are no bent pins or other visual problems on the card.
I don't know where to go from here and would appreciate any help anyone could provide. Thanks.
-Andy
I just today received a Radius Thunder IV GX 1360 card. I have installed the card and am seeing strange behavior. As I have never used one of these cards before I am not sure if this is normal, if the card requires configuration or if the card is defective.
Upon system start-up, my display shows the radius logo twice along with a large checkerboard pattern down the center of the screen, almost like a column. The checkerboards are not consistent and towards the top random bits of pixels show--again in a non consistent pattern. Several blotches are also shown within the checkerboard. During the boot, init parade and eventual desktop display the image never changes from the described image. On one boot, my screen showed a very large checkerboard pattern which would change in size when I moved the mouse around. Again the init parade and desktop were never displayed.
I have tried re-seating the card, tried different nubus slots, tried removing all cards except the 1360, tried holding down the T key at start-up, etc. I have also tried the card in my second NuBus mac and observed the same results. I have also tried this card with different displays including one of my Apple multiple scans and observed the same results.
When I tried the T key, the display did cycle through different resolutions but still had the same symptoms. The card is identified on the NuBus interface properly as Radius's control panel shows the card as being installed. Finally I am running System 7.1.2 on both of my NuBus macs and have confirmed that there are no bent pins or other visual problems on the card.
I don't know where to go from here and would appreciate any help anyone could provide. Thanks.
-Andy