IMPORTANT INFORMATION for the ATI
RADEON X800 XT Mac Edition Firmware Update v109
June
2005 | |
The latest updates for all ATI products are
available on the ATI web site. Check the site regularly for new
driver installations and documentation updates.
CAUTION: All Macintosh graphics
cards require a valid and complete firmware (also known as ROM-Image or BIOS) to
boot. Do not turn off your computer while the firmware update is being
applied.
Please finish reading this file before proceeding
with the installation.
Release Notes for Mac OS X |
Fixes in this Release
Fixed a rare occurrence of corruption or hang for a
few specific instances involving certain games using FSAA. This
update is recommended for all X800 XT Mac Edition
cards.
Added built-in Firmware Fan
control (Fixed in previous
release)
Fan control has been implemented
within the card's firmware to maintain full fan control with or
without the presence of the ATI ROM Xtender file. This update is
recommended for all X800 XT Mac Edition cards.
Previous reports documented the loss of fan control
after accidentally losing the ATI ROM Xtender in the System's
Extension folder. With this update, fan control is enabled early in
the boot process and maintained with or without this extension file
present.
To re-install the extension file, simply run the
original RADEON X800 installation, this update or a newer ATI web
released driver
update.
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Requirements |
Supported ATI Graphics
Cards
Mac OS X |
- RADEON X800 XT Mac
Edition
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Note: The firmware update will replace any
previous versions of the RADEON graphic card's firmware. When you
launch the update application and click the install button, it will
identify which Mac Edition RADEON card(s) you have installed and
proceed only if necessary. If no update is needed, or if no RADEON
card is found, nothing will be flashed and the application will
prompt you to quit. It is safe to leave other PCI or AGP cards
in the system when flashing the RADEON X800 XT card. This update
will only flash Built-by-ATI Retail RADEON Mac Edition
products.
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Configuration
Requirements
- Bootable Mac OS X 10.3.5+ or 10.4.x
- Retail RADEON X800 XT Mac
Edition
- Firmware Update application file
- The computer MUST NOT be
interrupted (shut down or power failure) during firmware
update
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Instructions |
IMPORTANT: Do not turn off your
computer while the firmware update is being applied.* Do not
run any other applications while running the firmware update.
Safe Boot is required to use this ROM Update.
Hold shift during boot to Safe Boot.
- Make sure the RADEON card is installed in one of
the computer's AGP slot.
- Boot the computer into Mac OS X 10.3.5+ or
10.4.x
- Locate the ATI RADEON ROM firmware update
application file (ATI RADEON ROM update)
- Double-click the file to launch it
- Follow the on-screen prompts
- While flashing, you will see a new window pop up
with text showing the current ROM version and new version
being flashed
- When complete, this window will automatically
close and you will be prompted to restart the system - you're
done
Note: It is normal
behavior for the RADEON card's TV-Out display and/or VGA connected
through DVI-I port to go blank during the flash procedure. Please
wait and any such display will return once the flashing has
completed.
For convenience, the firmware update will work with
or without a display connected to the RADEON X800 XT Mac Edition
card.
*WARNING: If your computer is accidentally shut down in the middle of
the update, you may need to use a secondary video card to start the
system and re-apply the update. Ensure that you Safe Boot on startup.
A flash
failure due to power loss or other interruption of the flash
procedure (system crash/hang) will generally leave the RADEON card
with an invalid or blank ROM. When booting such a card you will not
have a valid display. Apple System Profiler will show this card with
a name of "pcifff,ffff." You will need to boot from a different
(PCI) card to run the flash program again. Run this version of the
flash program to repair a previously blanked RADEON
card.
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