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Same problem
Authored by: Eponymous on Jan 19, '03 10:38:29PM
I modified the script to give more info on running and got the same 4200 generic error problem after running. My card shows ROM 1027F in Apple system profiler, with Rev. 178. Script:
on run
	
	tell application "AENV MacFlash [1045-MRS]"
		activate
		if (CompareROMVersion) = true then
			
			FlashROM
			set x to the result as string
			if x = "0" then display dialog "0: All went well!"
			if x = "4200" then display dialog "4200: Generic error"
			if x = "4201" then display dialog "4201: No NVIDIA Hardware found"
			if x = "4202" then display dialog "4202: No supported OpenFirmware found for this Graphics Card"
			
		else
			display dialog ("It's likely that either the image ROM Version is older than the one already on the card" & return ¬
				& "or you don't have an NVidia card installed.")
			
		end if
		
		quit
		
	end tell
	
end run


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Same problem
Authored by: Eponymous on Jan 19, '03 11:29:01PM

Let me be a bit more specific:

9.2.2 runs just fine as is, with the latest NVidia drivers that I've got (2.3).

OS X (.1 or .2) has an ugly startup screen (sort of partially horizontally overlapping in strips) and freezes before it gets out of the startup screen, or so it appears.

Running the script from my previous post results in a false from the CompareROMVersion check, even though the system profiler reports a ROM version of 1028F, which ought to be older than 1045. If I leave out this loop and just run the internal part, FlashROM reports the 4200 generic error. Running the updater on its own results in it hanging, from which I can easily force-quit.

I forgot (stupid) to check the ROM version before I first ran this utility, so I'm not sure whether the card's ROM was updated at all.



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