6100 with Sonnet Card and Powertoggle

#1 Tue, 7 Jul 2009 - 20:18 68kMLA

The Powertoggle works with a normal slot adapter and AV video card, but not with my Sonnet upgrade card and the same video card. It chimes fine with the Sonnet card, but I get no video. Any ideas on what I can do about this? Do I HAVE to have a PRAM battery to use the Sonnet upgrade?

#2 Wed, 8 Jul 2009 - 15:57 68kMLA

What is a Powertoggle?

#3 Wed, 8 Jul 2009 - 18:04 68kMLA

What is a Powertoggle?

When you turn it on, wait for it to chime, and quickly shut it off and back on. It bypasses the need for a PRAM battery to be able to display video in certain models.

#4 Thu, 9 Jul 2009 - 19:56 68kMLA

Ah right. The capital letter and single word made me think it was an actual product of some kind.

Do you have the Sonnet driver loaded?

#5 Thu, 9 Jul 2009 - 20:38 68kMLA

Ah right. The capital letter and single word made me think it was an actual product of some kind.
Do you have the Sonnet driver loaded?

No, I do not. I have a 7100 with a Sonnet card and a video card hooked to it and it boots up fine, it just can't use the acceleration. And that's with no driver.

#6 Thu, 9 Jul 2009 - 22:49 68kMLA

Are you driving the monitor from the card or from the onboard video?

#7 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 - 01:58 68kMLA

From the card. It works on a 7100 with a different Sonnet card and no drivers, but not on the 6100.