> > Sonnet and interleaving is the problem. > > I have found some weird things happen with interleaving with most G3 upgrades. > My 9600 and XLR8 card run great, but will not let me use a RAM disc with my > 1.5 G of interleaved RAM, and the Sonnet card in my 7500 will crash and hang > with interleaved RAM.
When I had an XLR8 G3/225 in my 9500, I had all 12 RAM slots filled, with an assortment of 128 M down to 16 M modules, all of them interleaved, with no problems whatsoever. Worked wonderfully! Then, just a few days ago, I replaced the G3 with a new Sonnet G4/700 card, and quickly found, like others before me, that Sonnets do not like interleaved memory. I also found out that it didn't like my Ixmicro video card, either. Rats! So I de-interleaved the memory, and that worked, and I should be receiving my new ATI 7000 video card tomorrow. If I had known that I'd have to replace my video card(s) along with the processor (I also use an old Radius card to drive the smaller secondary 19" monitor), I'd have thought twice about upgrading and considered buying a new DP Mac. Maybe. BTW, the G4/700 is fast, beats the daylights out of the G3/225 (overclocked to 280 MHz). I'm very pleased with the speed, but at what price? Well, more than I thought. I bought the card direct from Sonnet and saved about $30 or $40 bucks over Mac Mall prices (which I noticed have just dropped a bit more), including shipping. I've also been running OS 8.6 for a few years now, and didn't intend to upgrade anytime soon since it's worked so well for me, but now that I'm G4 enabled, I feel the urge to impliment 9.2 along with it's AltiVec goodies... --Alex Black ________________________________________ God Bless America! and the brave men and women who defend her -- 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
