what OS? did you defrag your hard drive? have you spare space on it? tried throwing out all your prefs? rebuild desktop, reset pram...
> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: dana sibera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [PCI] s-l-o-w 6400/200 > Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 14:51:45 +1000 > > I have a bit of a problem with a 6400 which seems far slower than it > should be. > > It was originally just a very basic internet machine for my mother. It > needed to browse 3-4 horse racing sites, do email, and nothing else. > Now it's coming up to a bit heavier use and the lack of speed is really > apparent. I didn't think that was a problem, but after having a play > with my 6300 at home, I find the 6300/100 is far quicker than the > 6400/200, and can't see a reason why. The difference would be double - > the 6300/100 with 48mb feels twice the speed of the 6300/200 with 90mb. > > When booting it'll take a good 3 minutes to get through to the finder, > then after that application loading has frustrating pauses. Rendering > of complex webpages is really frustrating too, and certainly slower in > comparison to the 6300. I've completely removed all drives and pci > cards except the boot volume and reformatted/reinstalled a basic OS > with the same speed problem appearing. There's a cache simm in the 6400 > (I think it's 256kb) and 1.5GB drive. The drive doesn't seem to thrash > about, and testing with speedometer shows the drive, at least, is going > as fast as the 6300s. > > I'm a bit lost as to why there's such a speed difference. While I don't > expect lightning speeds from the 6400 it should certainly outperform > the 6300, being twice the MHz speed and a better motherboard > architecture!. > > Any clues? Is there something odd about 6400s that dies and creates > speed problems like this? My only other option now is to replace the > 1.5GB drive with a 10GB one that was originally in my indigo iMac 400, > after that it's just about everything hardwarewise replaced except for > the motherboard and RAM. (I have no spare DIMMS either) > > thanks, > dana > -- > http://www.danamania.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
