>Hi, >I've been running a Beige G3/300 with 768 MB RAM on OS X satisfactorily >for a while now. I went to Jaguar and it is definitely worth it. Now, >here's my query. > >I found some G4/400 pulls from Apple machines (I assume B&W machines >but don't know whether Yikes or Sawtooth or if it matters) for cheap at >Other World. In my ignorant simplicity I bought one, plugged it in, >reset the jumpers on the motherboard to 400 MHz, and fired it up. > >Everything works great, it seems to run faster, when you look at About >this Mac it recognizes the processor as 400 MHz G4. So far so good. > >But (there's always a but), when you look at Apple System Profiler it >reports the L2 cache at 0K. Of course, I don't really know what it used >to say. So, is this normal? Is there something else I need to do to get >the system to recognize the cache? Is this covered in a FAQ somewhere?
Beige mac's need software to enable the L2 cache on G4 ZIF's, such as L2CacheConfig from OWC http://eshop.macsales.com/OSXCenter/XPostFacto/framework.cfm?page=L2CacheConfig.html, or Powerlogix's software http://www.powerlogix.com. Craig -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
