>
> > The ZIF has four settings for 66, 75, 83 and 100 MHz bus speeds.  None
> > directly correlating with my lowly 9500....  So I set it to 66 MHz
> > settings.
>
> I think you're a bit confused about those dip switch settings.  They do
> *NOT* set the bus speed, they set the bus multiplier.  On a 400 MHz ZIF
> the setting you thought was for 66 MHz is actually for 6X bus ratio.

Actually, what I said was that the four settings are FOR the four different
bus speeds not that they set the bus speeds.  This is what the Newer
paperwork says.....

>
> I used a NewerTech 450/466 G3 ZIF with a XLR8 Carrier in my PowerCenter,
> and the XLR8 Carrier set the bus speed - I just had to figure out how to
> set the bus ratio on the ZIF.

Right, this is what I'm looking for.  I tried a couple different settings on
the ZIF and came up nada.  I kicked the card up until it was unstable.....

> NewerTech assumed the ZIF would only be
> used on a G3 mobo using 66 MHz or 100 MHz bus, so their documentation
> only included switch settings for 6X (466 MHz in Beige G3) and 4.5X (450
> MHz in B/W G3).  IIRC, I found the proper settings for 6.5X and 7X
> through trial and error.  Wish I had written them down, but....

:))  ....help!

>
>
> --
> Gene, a.k.a. G-Man
> Friends don't let friends do Windows

Tim


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