On Dec 6, 2008, at 10:16 PM, Dana Collins wrote:
> > Greetings all, > I have an upgraded Digital Audio G4 (OWC Mercury 1.5GHz CPU, 1.5 Gig > RAM, Pioneer 112 SuperDrive, etc.). > Regardless of hard drive, the unit refuses to boot up the retail > Install DVD of Leopard. I get the initial grey screen/silver Apple > with rotating gear - 30 seconds in (with optical drive whirring away), > I can hear the HD time out and spin down; soon thereafter the silver > screen and rotating gear freeze, and I have to do a force reboot or > shut down. > I've tried various HDs, new to used, large and small, all with same > results. OWC reports no known issues re: the CPU and Leopard, and the > RAM is fully tested and hale; so are the drives. > > I took one 40 Gig HD, slapped it into a QuickSilver I have with a > slower Sonnet CPU (1 GHz G4), and it boots up via the Install DVD > fine. > > Am I missing something? > Thanks for your thoughts, > Dana I don't really have any thoughts on why it doesn't work as this is basically the same thing I did with my DA, upgraded via a Newer Tech 1.6 Gb CPU. I followed the instructions which came with the CPU to the letter and everything worked the first time. I will also say that I ended up putting Tiger back on the computer as it ran much better than Leopard did. From what I read on the subject, Leopard has too much code that is optimized for Intel machines and doesn't run as good on PPC computers. This is the same reason I am staying with Tiger on my MDD as well. HTH Just a message from Doug... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
