On Monday, June 28, 2004, at 02:51PM, Jim Pendarvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


>That is normal. My Sonnet G4/700 has 256k L2 and 1mb L3. Both are 
>active.
>
>CPUDirector will not let me turn the L2 cache off. The manual says that 
>it will always be enabled at startup, but it could be turned off for 
>testing purposes.
>
>Generally, it would be better to have both turned on.

I have heard rumblings that the built-in (i.e. soldered not slot type) cache on some 
9600s is not capable off running reliably at high bus speeds (50MHz or faster) 
therefore, depending on what model of 9600 and what type of cache it has, it may be 
better to turn it off if possible.

-- 
Mark Benson

http://homepage.mac.com/markbenson

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