Cursor performance? You mean the cursor is slow to move in OE? But it moves fine in other apps no matter what you are doing? Like actual smooth movement across the screen is not happening? Not quite sure what you are doing in OE but, perhaps obviously, the processor is preoccupied with operations on OE that you have instructed and it is heavy going and further things like cursor movements are delayed. Anyway, some suggestions that may help you and will certainly not hurt to try:
(1) Compact your OE database. Before starting OE next time, hold down the Option key and double click the OE app icon or its alias. Say yes to everything and wait till the job is done. Throw out the Old Messages and Database as instructed. It makes it more efficient - removes all the gaps left in the file that the processor and memory has otherwise to negotiate. (2) Give OE heaps more memory. Get info on the app icon and change to at least 20 MB. More if you can spare it. (3) Just for now, get rid of the 12MB Ram disk (I have tried these things with more like 128MB Ram Disk and it is not the slightest bit obvious that at least for IE or OE they help at all). How much memory have you got? You have an 800 processor! Surely at least 500 RAM (if not, don't delay, put even more). Give IE lots too. (4) Get advice from others about these Ln caches of yours. There was a terrific post on this subject a few months back... My more humble upgrade processors other prior caches removed. I know little of the 9600 or your upgrade. Good luck David Elmo > Subject: [PCI] 9600/233 w/G4-800 OS8.6 speed drop - why? > From: Roger Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hi listers, > I got my Sonnet Crescendo G4/800 about a month or so ago. Naturally, I was > delighted with the performance improvement - in fact, recently, I got 9.1 > and MacOSX 10.1.4 working beautifully using XPostFacto. This is where the > story starts to change... > > Accidentally, I got myself into a fix with XPostFacto such that I had to > remove the system battery to clear the CMOS memory. Afterwards, I was able > to get into the system, correct what I had misconfigured with XPostFacto and > all of 8.6, 9.1 and 10.1.4 were working. So why am I whining now? > > Well until I did the battery thing, the cursor speed in Outlook Express 5 > while editing received mail items (I often edit down mailing list digests to > remove clutter) under 8.6 was fantastic; I really felt glad I had invested > in the G4/800. Now, however, the cursor performance seems about almost as > slow as it was before I got the G4/800. > > The Sonnet Metronome program still claims to be running a > Processor PowerPC G4 7455 > Processor speed 799MHz > CPU Bus Speed 49.9MHz > System Bus Speed 49.9MHz > L1 Cache 32K Inst/32K Data > Secondary Cache 256K/799MHz > L3 Cache 1MB/200MHz > > I have a 12MB RAM Disk configured as my browse cache for IE5. > Anyone care to guess what might have caused the apparent loss of > performance? Is there something I can do to OE to get it to use the RAM > Disk? > > Thanks for any relevant advice, > Roger > -- > Roger Lee > rrjlee a-t email.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
