Well, I dropped a Power Logix G3/400 card in my 7300 tonight. (320MB RAM, 10GB Disk)
I pulled the factory cache from the motherboard. The machine immediately booted up normally, but when I tried to put the CD in that came with the Processor Upgrade (needed to activate the 1MB Backside cache) it would mount the CD, but the system would freeze anytime I tried to click on a folder and open it. I found that if I didn't try to use the CD, everything was fine. Checking "About the Mac" showed the Processor to be a G3 running at 400Mhz and it did seem quicker.... Just don't put a CD in :-p I tried putting other software CD's in and installing things from them. They all would cause the system to hang. Some would run installers and then hang, others would let me get that far. The common denominator was that if it was on CD, it wasn't gonna run for long. I could connect to my other Mac through Appletalk and access and install things from the hard drive... I could surf and download and install... (I actually downloaded the Cache utility off of Power Logix site and installed it so as not to need the CD.) Another odd thing I found. The very first time I boot up, I need to open my Appletalk and TCPIP control panels and set them both to use "Ethernet" and "DHCP" (THey are actually already set that way, I just have to go through the motions.) I then have to open the Network Browser and do a search for other machines... Only then can I open up IE and surf. If I fail to do those things first, it won't find the homepage - almost like a DNS issue... This, also, is only after the G3 card install. I've tried removing everything from the external SCSI chain, but that didn't help. I'm thinking I might pull the case again and remove teh 16MB DIMMs... (I have 4 16MB DIMMs - 2 Techworks and 2 original Apple and 2 128MB OWC EDO DIMMs installed...) Other than that, any other thoughts or anyone have a similar experience? Cheers, Sionnach __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
