Earlier today I upgraded my 233mhz/32mb Wallstreet PDQ to a 300mhz Apple processor and 256mb of ram (2x128). It is much more responsive under 9.2.2 and the System Profiler shows a 300mhz processor and all 256mb of physical memory, but some strange things have been happening since I installed them.
First, whenever I start up the system with all 256mb there is a long pause (10-20 seconds) between the startup chime and the rest of the system kicking in. This is the same thing my PowerBook 3400c does, because it has a bad PRAM battery, but the Wallstreet's PRAM battery is still good. I tried switching back to the 233mhz processor with no success, but the problem seems to go away when I drop back down below the 192mb RAM limit (only in the 233mhz, but the 300mhz may boot fine with 32mb, I haven't tried that yet). I seem to remember a post about something similar here on the LEM Lists. I can't find it, but I think the general consensus was that this delay was normal, which makes me think it is a result of using too much RAM. The other problem is somewhat more annoying. Now that I have more than 128mb of RAM I decided to install Jaguar, but it will only install (and only boot) with the lower ram in the 233mhz processor (though I haven't yet tried all the combinations, so it may work with the lower ram in the 300mhz too. My temporary solution is 32mb in one processor and 128 in the other, switching the processors and the top RAM chip when needed giving me 233mhz/160mb for Jaguar and 300mhz/256mb for 9.2.2). This, too, sounds like it is caused by too much RAM, since I have heard that Wallstreets can be pretty picky. Are these kinds of problems common when exceeding the Apple RAM limit? I can live with the processor switching and lower RAM in Jaguar if this is common (I was planning on primarily using 9.2.2 anyways), but if this sounds like bad RAM or a bad processor then I would want to return them. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
