>I've struck out now three times with ZIF upgrades and can't figure out why I >can't get them to work. As a result, I'm turning to you experts. First - my >hardware. I have a Beige 266 DT, 544 MB of RAM, the version B ROM, stock >internal CD drive and two internal hard drives (40 GB IDE on ATA 0 and 4 GB >IDE on ATA 1). I also have a USB PCI card (for a printer and digital >camera) and a firewire PCI card (for a CD-RW drive and digital camcorder >transfer to iMovie). I am running system 9.2.2. At 266MHz, the machine has >been very stable and unexplained crashes are rare. >The first time I tried to upgrade the ZIF was with OWC.
<big snip> >I would like the additional speed but quite frankly I am >feeling jinxed and am tired of wasting all kinds of time trying to get the >$%#% thing to work. Has anyone who had similar problems been able to work >around them? Is there anything I can do, or am I stuck with 266 MHz in >order to have stability? > >Thanks in advance > >John Sounds like your ram isn't up to snuff for the faster speeds. I have had similar trouble with upgrading to faster Zifs and the fix has been to buy PC133 spec ram. Try these from MemoryX.com <http://store.yahoo.com/memx/apl168z256.html> -- Aloha, Ken "Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you recognize a mistake when you make it again." -- F. P. Jones -- 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
