> Grzegorz Pawlik wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have a XLR8 Carrier card in my PM8500, with a G3 ZIF card. The person who >> sold it to me said it is a G3 300MHz produced by Apple. I have set bus speed >> to 46,4MHz and the processor speed to 370MHz. Is it safe? I mean, are there >> any dangers that I should be aware of? Anything other than the processor >> temperature (it never reaches more than 40C)? I remember reading somewhere >> that running G3 at a higher speed might damage it. >> > > As long as it stays cool it should be fine. If you're using the xlr8 > software it will warn you if the temperature gets too high (assuming you > have thermal monitoring on). Someone else already mentioned that the > temperature readings aren't very accurate. The xlr8 control panel, Gauge > Pro, and other utilities on my machines never give the same temperature > readings. > > Have you tried running the bus at 50MHz and working from there?
The highest safe bus speed I can set is 48.6MHz. If I set it to anything higher, a weird dots and lines appear on the screen, especially when I move the windows. Using 50Mhz is almost impossible. Which is weird, because I have also a PPC 604/166MHz card taken from Umax clone, which forces the bus speed to 55Mhz (!) - and "this" 55MHz does not cause those effects. While setting XLR8 card bus speed to 50MHz results in a screen full of garbage (white or yellow dots and lines). With 55MHz it's even worse ;-/ -- Grzegorz Pawlik -- 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
