In a message dated 2/3/09 10:59:09 AM, [email protected] writes:
> > 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. > > Sandy, Did you use thermal paste when you swapped the new cpu in? It may well be heat. I've got a 450 from a smurf in a Beige DT. Works well. BobT ************** The year's hottest artists on the red carpet at the Grammy Awards. AOL Music takes you there. (http://music.aol.com/grammys?ncid=emlcntusmusi00000002) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
