On Sat, 16 Aug 2003, Travis Martin wrote: > The overclocking might come closer to explaining your hangs.
Might, but I don't think so. First off, while I refuse to be lumped in with "those people" (reference every PC website devoted to glammed up PCs with neon lights, windows, and more fans than the lighting department at Home Depot), I really do believe a bit of mild overclocking is of no problem. Figure the OWC G4 450 ZIF. So, that's 450 at 4.5x100. Figure that it would have to be capable of 466 at 7x66. I've pumped it to 7.5x66=500, sure the performance advantage is problably completely negliable, but as far as psychologically speaking, 500 sounds much better than 466, and by extent makes anyone hearing so FEEL like its much better. So, a minor, minor overclocking, barely out of listed specs, and within the tolerances in teh chip itself. I honestly believe I'd be having the same issues at 466 and at 433, and if possible, 450 in my Beige. Again, let's be honest, its a through design, but there's just not a whole lot of air current in the bottom of that Beige desktop case. > pushing it past where it tested. You shouldn't be surprised when it > exhibits problems. I'm not saying you shouldn't do it, just know that > you may get some hangups that you might never have seen at its rated > speed. I'm not, but I do not think this is the issue, here. Other reasons to note is that I didn't have this problem in the last iteration of my beige DT, which involved a different SCSI drive on an expansion board, and correct termination. The current config has a 50 pin narrow disk, no more SCA, which has a whole new class of errors that I never, ever, saw with the old config (or the original config, which was the G3/233->280, which was an odd config, and did deserve to stick me with problems). > Personally, I've never seen the point, since there are so many other > places to improve throughput, but then I'm not a "power user..." I I'm cheap, and my priorities lie elsewhere right now. I'm trying to ilk as much as I can out of a machine that's really past its useful life by adding such things as more memory (free from the stockpile), a faster drive (free from the stockpile), and the best CPU upgrade I could afford, milked as hard as I could. -- http://www.infotainment.org <-> more fun than a poke in your eye. http://www.eighteenpercent.com <-> photography and portfolio. -- 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
