On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 03:46:41 -0700 (PDT) Steven Zerby wrote: >I've installed my sonnet G4/800 card in my 9600. It's >working ok, but not trouble free. I also pulled two 32 >MB DIMMS and replaced them with two128 MB EDO DIMMS >that are guaranteed to to be compatible with G4 >upgrades. Total RAM: 768 MB, matched pairs, >interleaved. > >In OS9 everything seems ok at first blush, but >performance with Quicktime is very much degraded in >comparison to the G3/400 card I had in there. So far >that's the only thing I can tell that is different in >OS9. Otherwise things seem zippier, though not the >improvement I expected. > >I used L2CacheConfig to grab the L2 cache settings >while in OS9, and imported them into 10.3.4 but I've >been having lockups in OSX (x-postfacto). Was trouble >free w/ the G3/400 card. Also, performance seems >sluggish. Not much, if any improvement, over the >G3/400 card. > >Any thoughts on where to start?
I thought I read somewhere that RAM should be de-interleaved with Sonnet upgrades so if you have matching pairs of 128 MB sticks in all the DIMM slots they are still interleaved, right? Charlie -- 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
