On 13/10/02 6:55 pm, "Craig Rodgers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> 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=L2CacheConfi > g.html, > or Powerlogix's software http://www.powerlogix.com. > > Craig Even after you enable the cache, it will still report as 0K in ASP. But you can check in Powerlogix CacheControlX to make sure. -- 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
