My question is with the Crescendo "driver" that enables the backside cache. It is much needed, but ever since I bought the upgrade, it tends to cause the powerbook to crash quite often. With the extension disabled, it never crashes. Back when I bought the thing, this happened and upon calling Sonnet, they said that 9.1 should fix it (this was before 9.1 was released). It never really did fix it (only made the crashes a little less frequent), so I have survived without the benefit of the cache, but not happily. I have tried the most recent driver on their website, with no better luck. I have often wandered if it was because of my limited RAM, and if I were to get another 24MB chip ($70...ouch) if it would change things.
On another note, I have thought about purchasing a MobileStor drive from MCE (Other World Computing). I have heard that a 1400 would see a huge speed benefit from such a HD upgrade, especially sided with a chip upgrade. I have my eye fixed on the 40GB with an 8MB cache (just slightly more than the other 40GB HD). I have thought of turning this little thing into a storage for my MP3's that I can connect to my G4, either through SCSI (if possible) or ethernet. Has anyone ever used these drives, and does anyone see any cons in doing this. Also, what was the last iTunes released for OS 9.1 and where could I find it?
Sorry for the length and all the questions. They have been building up for many years now. I may return with more at a later time.
Jonathan
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