On Feb 3, 2009, at 10:55 AM, Sandy Mitchell wrote:
> > Thanks to everyone for all the suggestions... > > I tried a bunch of them - too tired to enumerate them now; stuff > like using AppleJack, etc., and then decided to put the B&W's > original 300 mHz CPU back in, and reset the jumpers accordingly... > > And to my great relief, it's now running Tiger 10.4.11 flawlessly, > albeit slower than it ran with the 450 CPU... > > No hanging at all, not even when running two browsers and lots of > open windows. Even when 'activity monitor' showed the two browsers > were hogging 80 - 96% of RAM... > > I guess I naively thought that, since I was using a chip from the > same (but speed-bumped) model, and it fit so nicely, that it > wouldn't be the headache that it turned out to be. > > (BTW, if anyone out there does know how to do that safely, I'd > still like to know.) > > The only issue left - and I suspect it's not really an issue - is I > STILL don't get the startup chime-sound, though all other sound are > fine. > > Thanks again, > > Sandy > > At this point, I'd bee tempted to re-install the 450 CPU, set the jumpers for IT to run at 300, and compare. If O.K., I'd bump it up 50~ or so and try again, to see where the problems start. You may b able to run the thing at 400 successfully! Then again, it may be that the memory is what is 'glitching'. OSX is famous for finding marginal memory problems. Chuck D. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
