I bought a few cards as well and couldn't wait to give these a try.
I flashed the SeriTek/1s2 v5.13 firmware to one card using the DOS utility
It returned the 0 code, which means successfull flashing.
I then installed that card in my QuickSilver.
The QS boots* but...
The flashed card is...
Too bad there's no workaround for the bug that prevents G4 DA & G4 QS from booting with a Silicon Image PCI card installed.
Oddly enough, my QS once booted with a Sil3512 card (with pc bios) installed in the leftmost slot, but flashing attempt ended up with a "bus error" result from the...
Hello and Happy New Year to you guys !
Just wondering: do B&W G3s and pre-MDD G4s accept ECC Registered memory modules ?
I know that standard and registerd ram should'nt be mixed, but what if the G3/G4 ram banks are populated only with registered ecc ?
Cheers.
I'm happy to report that the card is recognized by 10.2 & 10.4 installers, and is bootable on my B&W G3.
I'll try with 10.0 and 10.1 soon, just for fun :p
I'd be curious to see if a SATA optical drive is bootable...
I can confirm the 3512 models from Syba are still flashable with Wiebtech's Mac Firmware.
I gave a try on my B&W G3 and it works (haven't tried booting from it yet).
Hi,
I recently bought a G4 Gigabit mobo from an ebay seller.
It arrived few days ago undamaged, but after testing it this aftertoon, I detected a weird problem.
The second IDE bus is not working (the one for optical drive). In fact,the Apple System profiler doesn't even show the 2nd IDE...
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