Steven, The long startup times are due to RAM testing. I wouldn't worry too much about them. In my personal experience, Wallstreets take FOREVER to boot. And a day.
The issues with Jaguar are puzzling to me, too. Have you tried installing Tiger --via Xpostfacto, of course? Hope it helps, Felix On Sep 29, 11:09 pm, Steven <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/
