TITLE
    Power Mac G4: Video Driver Selected At System Startup Time
Article ID:
Created:
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2/21/01
3/6/01

TOPIC

    The Power Mac G4 (Digital Audio) and Power Mac G4 Cube computers both have two different sets of video card driver software installed--NVIDIA and ATI. When the computer starts up, only the appropriate video driver software is loaded. If an NVIDIA video card is installed, the ATI video card driver software is not loaded, and an icon with a red X through it is displayed. This is normal.


DISCUSSION

    Symptom

    When the computer starts up, an icon with a red X through it appears on the screen. See Figure 1.



    Figure 1 ATI driver not loaded

    Products affected

    • Power Mac G4 (Digital Audio) with NVIDIA video card
    • Power Mac G4 Cube with NVIDIA video card
    • Mac OS 9

    Solution

    There is nothing wrong; the computer is functioning normally.

    The video card driver software for two different video cards--NVIDIA and ATI--are installed in the System Folder of Power Mac G4 (Digital Audio) and Power Mac G4 Cube computers. When the computer is turned on, it detects which card is installed and loads its driver software. If the ATI driver software is not needed, an icon with a red X through it appears at system startup time. If the NVIDIA driver software is not needed, its icon does not appear. Each of these behaviors is normal.

    If the computer does not have an ATI video card, and you do not want to see its icon during startup, use the Extensions Manager control panel to turn off the ATI Graphics Accelerator extension.


Document Information
Product Area: Power Mac G4
Category: Power Mac G4 Hardware
Sub Category: Troubleshooting
Keywords: kpmg4, ksts

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