>2) Processor upgrades are very very memory sensitive. You must have
>very high-quality and newer ram installed. You must NOT interleave
>your memory (more on this below). The memory chips must be
>installed in matching sets. It's safe to assume with a newer,
>faster processor, you will need more memory than you had before. I
>went from 144MB of interleaved memory, with virtual memory on to
>320MB of non-interleaved memory with virtual memory OFF. My memory
>is installed like this: B1 and B2 have matching brand new 128MB
>modules from Sonnet; B3 and B4 have matching 32MB modules (not brand
>new but purchased three years ago) from NewerTech. That's it.
>
Very good summerization, but I would have to disagree, in part with
No. 2. Some of the upgrade cards are as you describe above, some are
not.
I have an XLR8 upgrade in mine, and below is a copy of the ASP:
Report Created:04/06/03 at 10:05:13
Software overview
Serial number: Not applicable
Mac OS overview
Finder: 9.2
System: 9.2.2 US
Active enabler: None
QuickTime: 6.0.2
CarbonLib: 1.6
File sharing: is on
Multiple Users: 1.4.1
Startup device
Name: Hard Drive
Type: Hard drive
Location: ID = 0
Bus: SCSI Bus 0
Memory overview
Disk cache: 8160K
Virtual memory: is off
Built-in memory: 1.12 GB
Location Size Memory type
A1 128 MB DIMM
B1 128 MB DIMM
A2 128 MB DIMM
B2 128 MB DIMM
A3 128 MB DIMM
B3 128 MB DIMM
A4 128 MB DIMM
B4 128 MB DIMM
A5 32 MB DIMM
B5 32 MB DIMM
A6 32 MB DIMM
B6 32 MB DIMM
Video memory: 32 MB Built-in display in use
Total L2 cache:
External L2 cache: 512K
Backside L2 cache: 0 bytes
Hardware overview
Machine ID: 67
Model name: Power Macintosh 9600 series
Keyboard type: Apple Keyboard II
Processor info: PowerPC G3
Machine speed: 400 MHz
Nanokernel version: 2.27
Nanokernel pool extends: 0
Nanokernel scheduled CPUs:1
Production information
ROM revision: $77D.34F2
Serial number: Not applicable
Software bundle: Not applicable
Sales order number: Not applicable
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