[rescue] Using a Fire V240 as a desktop...

Joshua Boyd jdboyd at jdboyd.net
Tue Nov 30 14:06:55 CST 2010


On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 02:27:41PM -0500, John Ruschmeyer wrote:
> Maybe... but it looks like we're talking upwards of $100 for what amounts to
> a Radeon 7000 PCI as an upgrade for a $10 workstation.
> 
> Is it possible to flash a PC Radeon with Sun firmware (as is done with Mac
> firmware)?

To my understanding, people have done that.  I think that, like flashing
for Mac, you do have to make sure the PC card has a large enough flash
chip.  Also, I'm not sure where you get the firmware. 



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