RE: Magic + JAWS crashing issue caused by ATI Radion video card.

  • From: "Chip Orange" <Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 17:04:31 -0500

I hope you can resolve it, and I'd certainly think it would be worth $50
or so to you to try another video card (if you have a desktop system) to
see if that makes things workable for you.

Chip

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> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20
> [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ptusing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 4:49 PM
> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Magic + JAWS crashing issue caused by ATI Radion=20
> video card.
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> Thanks,  Chip,
> I  understand your point butI went very very high up  in the=20
> food chain.
> I would not want  another person to be in my situation.
> The MAGIC  issue is caused by the JAWS video card issue with=20
> the ATI cards.
> I  moved from MAGIC to JAWS  to JAWS alone to  MAGIC alone to=20
> MAGIC plusJAWS with the higher echlon person on the phonewith me.
> Time  will tell if others have this issue which  we were able=20
> to degfine very clearly.
> Thanks again for your most kind  support.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chip Orange" <Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 3:56 PM
> Subject: RE: Magic + JAWS crashing issue caused by ATI Radion=20
> video card.
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> > I don't doubt you or your problems, but FS has been known=20
> to give out
> > wrong answers to folks over the phone (or via email, I'm=20
> certainly one
> > of the recipients).
> >
> > I'd like to hear if we have any users of jaws/magic with ATI radeon
> > cards on this list.
> >
> >  it's been my experience that FS has no real idea why some=20
> systems crash
> > with video card errors (and changing the video card solves=20
> the problem),
> > while other systems with the same video card work fine.  There are
> > simply too many of us here using the ATI radeon series for=20
> there to be a
> > general problem with them.  It appears that FS has a very=20
> specific set
> > of circumstances that cause them a problem that they don't=20
> seem to be
> > able to identify (at least, that's how I see it).
> >
> > Chip
> >
> > =3D20
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=3D20
> > > [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of=20
> ptusing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 3:13 PM
> > > To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: Magic + JAWS crashing issue caused by ATI Radion=20
> video card.
> > >=3D20
> > > Hi,
> > > Freedom Scientific just verified that  the crashes caused by=3D20
> > > JAWS and MAGIC are related to my use of the ATI Radion =20
> video card.
> > >=3D20
> > > So  if  one wishes to use MAGIC and  particularly MAGIC and=3D20
> > > JAWS together, consider not buyingthe Ati Radion video card.
> > >=3D20
> > > Otherwise,  the 2 programs or MaGIC alone shouldw ork fine.
> > >=3D20
> > > I am sure some people  will saythiswill not happen if =3D20
> > > onegets the OEM version of the ATi Radion cards, but this was=3D20
> > > just proven otherwise with F S on the  phone.
> > >=3D20
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