Hi, I'm a newbie here, but if I may be so bold as to comment... I just souped up a 1400 with a Sonnet 466mhz G3, 64Mb RAM, and a Fujitsu 20Gb(2Mb buffer) hard drive upgrade. Under 8.6, I had frequent and across-the-board crashes at first. After a clean re-install of 8.6, however, these crashes were greatly reduced. I then experienced crashes with only certain programs/functions, and have finally weeded them out by upgrading to OS9.1, updating the Startup Disk Control Panel to 9.2.2, and playing with extensions. I'm not sure what the difference might be between the cards we own, if there are any beside the slight speed difference, but I'm pretty sure that you need to max the RAM out at 64Mb for a G3 running 9.1 - for the 1400 or anything else. I also use Virtual Memory mapped to a CompactFlash card in the PCMCIA slot rather than the hard drive, and I think that helps a bunch. I think that replacing the hard drive is a must as well, for performance at least. If you have a good disk utility, then you could rule out this having anything to do with crashes I guess...unless of course there are some weird timing issues...can you tell I'm really getting out of my depth here? ;-] If I were you, I'd get 64Mb of all-new RAM and a new disk, then re-install OS9.1 and, what the heck, get yourself a nice 256 meg Ultra CompactFlash, but that's me - I'm crazy about the 1400.
Best Regards, David Thrower --- Jonathan Metts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have had a Powerbook 1400cs with 40MB of RAM since > it was new. About > 4 years ago I replaced the processor with a Sonnet > Crescendo PB 400Mhz > G3, and I loved it. I have recently pulled the > beast out for play, > wiped the HD (which needs to be replaced...still the > original 750MB) > and did a complete reinstall of OS 9.0.4 then > upgraded to 9.1. > > 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 > > > -- > PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> > and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com > | Enter To Win A | > -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 > | Free iBook! | > > Support Low End Mac > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > PowerBooks list info: > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! > http://www.applelinks.com > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
