Gigadesigns & Mac OS 9

[avw]

OK, I am still fighting with my G4 equipped with an Gigadesigns 1,4 GHz G4. I cannot find problems reproduceable at any OS, just 9 has problems (Linux not). So I belive in the meantime that Giga Designs upgades do not work with native Mac OS 9.

If you can, please proove me wrong. Has anyone a Giga Designs running correctly with Mac OS 9?

 

[johnklos]

You don't say what you're problems are, so it's hard to offer advice, but where I work we had a fair number of Gigadesign accelerators which all worked fine in OS 9 and in OS X.

 

[avw]

It´s about that machine:

viewtopic.php?f=13&t=11825

We found out that it never worked with OS 9 it always hat X when working correctly. Also Ubuntu 9 works absolutely well without any problems. Only OS 9 has permanentely unreproducable freeces etc. I am struggeling very long now with this machine.

Lately I tried to do a new setup with a bought OS 9.2.2 - with permanent freeces while booting etc.

No real idea. So I thought maybe gigadesigns didn´t test OS 9 back than (or the firmwareupgrade which prevents the machine from using 9 correctly?), ... but please give me some ideas or maybe Gigadesigns documents and software?

 

[Rodus]

Here's the install docs for it, http://tinyurl.com/39m3hul, did you follow them step by step?

 

[avw]

Well, nothing new (but thanks for the document). The Firmware update was done (otherwise the Gigadesigns wouldn have worked at any time). And as I said the strange thing is X and Linux have no problems at all! Only 9 permanently hangs.

I thought it could be "This G-celerator is also compatible with Mac OS 9.2.2, although Giga Designs does not test, warrant, nor support third party software operation under OS 9."

That's why I am asking if anyone has this card well working under 9, ...

 

[Bunsen]

"This G-celerator is also compatible with Mac OS 9.2.2

So ... are you using 9.2.2?

 

[avw]

" … although Giga Designs does not test …"

Yyeah I am using 9.2.2