Not really, I tried pulling the pram battery reseting the power manager, the basics. Besides I was hoping that by replacing the motherboard with a quicksilver motherboard it would fully support the overclocked processor, which it did. I'll keep all the DA parts around in case I ever need them.
-Jonas On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 10:50 PM, Kasey Smith <kasm...@gmail.com> wrote: > So, did you try at all to figure out why the DA logic board won't turn on? > > On Jan 24, 2010, at 11:35 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: > > SOLVED: The computer refused to turn on at all. It occurred to me then, > that the people who gave it to me never mentioned if it worked or not. So, I > swapped in a Quicksilver Motherboard and Power supply and the overclocked > 800MHZ processor. I had to build the forth mounting post for the processor > out of nuts and bolts because the DA case had not place for it. Everything > works perfectly, and OS 9 doesn't mention anything about cache failure! > Thanks for the help! > > -Jonas > > On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 10:04 PM, Kris Tilford <ktilfo...@cox.net> wrote: > >> On Jan 22, 2010, at 11:01 AM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: >> >> So someone gave me a single 533 digital audio g4 yesterday. I >>> successfully put a 733 quicksilver processor in it, and then decided to >>> overclock it to 800MHZ. I "successfully" did this, except that when OS 9 >>> starts up it says that the built-in memory test detected a problem with the >>> cache memory and to contact apple support. I zapped the PRAM, reinstalled OS >>> 9. Nothing worked, I can still use the computer though and it recognizes it >>> as an 800MHZ G4 with 256kb level 2 cache. Thanks in advance! >>> >> >> This is a little out of my area of expertise, I've never had much >> experience with G4 PowerMacs, but I thought that both the 533 DA & 733 QS >> were considered "road apples" because of their miniscule L2 cache? The >> "normal" size of a 733 QS L2 cache IS 256 KB, so if that's what you're >> seeing, it IS correct. It would seem advisable to get a different CPU with a >> larger L2, irrespective of whether this L2 is functional or not. >> >> Also, I've seen that message in OS 9 before on Macs that would also boot >> OS X, for example, I've got an old PowerBook 3400 with both OS 9 and OS >> 10.3.9 installed. In OS 9 I see the message, but in OS X, System Profiler >> shows the L2 cache and says it's functional. I decided that the warning in >> OS 9 was likely wrong, but I'm not 100% sure. There is an old utility from >> NewerTech called "Gage Pro 1.1" which if I remember right will show your L2 >> functionality in OS 9. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list > > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list > -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
