On Dec 26, 2008, at 11:23 AM, Beniamino Cenci Goga wrote:
> >>> You need to look at the Grackle chip on the motherboard to see if it >> can support the 83MHz bus speed. > > It is the 66 MHz, but it has run rock solid for months, until I used > one L2 enabler (I do not recall which). > >> How did you know the L2 was bad? > > OS X reads "0" and I have never been able to enable it. > > BTW, I went back to the default 266/66 configuration and still the > same problem: is it possible that the last L2 enabler that I used (I > believe it was under OS X) has flashed some firmware or else? I've used PowerLogix, Sonnet and XLR8 MACh Speed Control as L2 cache enablers, and the one I liked best is XLR8 by Daystar. I'm currently using it on a native PCI Graphics Yikes! G4/400 that I oc'd to 450 ... working fine for the last few months. Also use it on my PowerPC 8500 with a Sonnet G4/450. Without the L2 cache enabled, the system is extremely slow ... with it enabled, it zips along. Startup can start slow, then accelerate when the enabler becomes active. If we use one cache enabler (like Sonnet's) and then try to use another without fully removing the first, things will crash (most likely). Switching from OS 9 to X is another issue ... XLR8 has versions designed for each OS. I don't remember the rules about Classic OS 9, but I use to use Classic to also Startup my Mac when problems occurred ... then whether or not the cache enabler was there or not was important ... its been awhile so I can't remember ... just bringing it up as something to consider. Seems like a lot to figure out ... but I found using XLR8 was the easiest, and I put Sonnet and PowerLogix away in their respective storage folders ... away from the OS9 and X system folders. Its really important to have each completely removed before trying another. My thoughts on the subject. Bill Connelly artsite: http://mysite.verizon.net/moonstoneartstudio myspace: http://www.myspace.com/moonstoneartstudio --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
