I believe you just need to upgrade the firmware on the B&W so it will accept a g4 chip.
Ralph on 1/3/03 3:02 PM, Stephanie Harris at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've been lurking to this list for a little while, don't understand about > 2/3 of what most of you are talking about but I'm hoping that someone can > help me. > > I have a blue & white G3 with a G3 300mhz cpu, 100mhz bus speed, 1 gig of > ram, a 6 gig hd and a 40 gig hd. I have no idea what Rev is it (can't see > where it will tell me that). I'm running OS 10.2, have 9.2 installed but > almost never use it. > > I wanted to speed it up so I purchased a sonnet ZIF G4 500 mhz / 1M > backside. After installing I ended up with all sorts of problems, the > system would crash, freeze up, kernel panics (as many as one an hour), I'd > lose my mouse, my keyboard, programs would just shut down.... Yuck!!! When > I put the G3 back in it everything works (except it's much slower). I did > install the firmware update prior to installing the chip that is required. > > Sonnet isn't much help - just sends me back to who I bought it from since it > has been less than 30 days. I got it from Page Computing. I still want to > upgrade to a G4 / 500 so my question is do I just ask them to replace this > card or is this a known problem and would I be better off with a different > brand? > > Also, once I get it running right I want to put an internal Cd-RW in it (it > has a DVD /CD ROM in it right now. I'd eventually like to put a DVD burner > in it but I want to wait until they get a little more stabilized (and > cheaper). Ideas on a good <cheap> CD-RW for this machine? > > Thanks in advance! > > Stephanie Harris > Skyfire Farms > http://www.skyfirelabs.com -- 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
