Andrew Keller wrote:
> Don't pay too much attention to people who go on about needing to use
> 60ns DIMMS, although there's probably not much difference in price
> these days. I've had 2 16MB 70ns DIMMS (stock Apple) interleaved
> since day-one, and with the G3/400. The remaining memory consists of
> 2 64MB 60ns DIMMS also interleaved. So, before buying too much new
> RAM, try the 70ns DIMMS first.
Andrew,
I would advise you to be careful of the advice that you are spewing. I am
full-time Mac Tech and I have done several hundred G3/G4 upgrades to PCI-based
powermacs. I can tell you from broad experience that some 70ns RAM will bunge
up your upgrade. I can also tell you that no matter what some half-trained
phone support person told you...there a few guidelines to troubleshooting a
faulty G3/G4 upgrade.
1. Remove all your 70ns RAM
2. De-interleave the remaining Dimms.
3. Pull the Cache.
I do this for a living and I can say that this has corrected 95% of all
problems that I have experienced during an upgrade.
Another Note: XLR8 makes the best upgrade carrier cards and Processor
cards(.) <----note the (period).
Newer, Sonnet, MetaBox all pale in comparison...and yes; In that order.
Newer being the worst, and Metabox being the best of the runners up.
-- Kyle H. Hansen
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