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Friday, August 3rd, 2007
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3:15p - (un)Freezing Mac..
Okay, so, a few months ago I flashed an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro to work in the Mac.. It seemed to work fine, until recently..
Anything using Core Graphics (iphoto mostly) froze up the system completely.. Everything stops, mouse pointer doesn't even move any more type freeze where you have to hold down the off button for a few seconds to get out. So I switched to my old graphics card for a week, which was unbeaaaarably slow now I'm used to the 9800.
So I switch back to the 9800 and look in the console/error log and see the scanner driver is polling the buttons on the front of the scanner about 30 times a second.. "are you pressing a button on the scanner?" "are you pressing a button on the scanner?" "are you pressing a button on the scanner?" "are you pressing a button on the scanner?" .. So I stop the scanner monitor from loading at boot time, and now I can't make the Mac crash anymore..
So, either a weird coincidence or weird behaviour. Secondary Mac graphics library which crashes when USB devices are spammed by their own drivers whilst using one particular graphics card. Whaa.. I'm not complaining, but I don't trust it not to crash again. 
... On Tuesday Owen and I went to Danny's taking a load of games, controllers and the PS3. That was tiring.. PS3s aren't exactly super portable. A lot of fun though, and I kicked butt. Go team Mixel!
current mood:  confused (comment on this)
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