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Post #42 by CC_333
Source ForumMaking a G4 FW800 OS9 bootable. — #42
CategoryHardware
Post DateThu, 31 May 2012 - 08:17
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/making-a-g4-fw800-os9-bootable.25450/
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Hi,

Hmm... this sounds familiar.

While it's possible that a USB device could cause it not to sleep, in my experience with an Nvidia GeForce 4MX on my Quicksilver, it won't sleep unless the proper drivers are in place.

When you go to the Monitors control panel, does it list various resolutions for your display, or only one?

If only one, the missing drivers are the problem. The OS 9.2.2 you installed may be working simply because it didn't have the drivers included in the package (I've found that images of OS 9.2.2 which are intended solely for use in Classic mode, it doesn't include much in the way of display drivers (presumably because they're not necessary in Classic mode)); OS 9.2.2 will still work just fine without them, of course (although I've found that (re)drawing of UI elements is slow at higher resolutions (it seems to default to the monitor's native resolution when there's no drivers)).

I think you can download the Nvidia drivers from Other World Computing (filename is nvidia3.1.sit, I think).

I'm glad it's working otherwise, though! Good job!!

c

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