Re: unconfigured generic ATI VGA card?

[Michael Lorenz <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost>]

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Hello,

On Feb 28, 2008, at 06:49, Malcolm Herbert wrote:

> On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:39:48 +0100, "Petar Bogdanovic"
> <list+2007%smokva.net@localhost> said:
> > > Another issue may be that the host isn't giving the card enough  
> > > power to
> > > run, as I'm told the net5501 has 3.3v 32 bit PCI only - the card  
> > > itself
> > > is keyed for 5.0v or 3.3v so from that point of view it should work
> >
> > My D-Link wireless PCI card was also keyed for 5.0 and 3.3v but never
> > worked when plugged into the 3.3v PCI-slot of a net4501. The card  
> > caused
> > no troubles on any other standard PC-mainboard.
>
> ... was the wireless card detectable at all?  I'm intrigued that this
> video card would should show up in the lspci output and kernel boot
> messages if it were unpowered ...

Newer ATI-PCI-Cards ( think Rage XL and newer ) usually support 3.3v  
and 66MHz bus clock.

have fun
Michae;
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