It's the ram. Up to 64. I have the 466 and the cache is enabled, and it works fine. I use an IBM 20 gig. I use the last iTunes for 9.1, ie iTunes 1.X. I use a an Orinoco Silver card for wireless networking to the 7 other puters in the house. All is well
on 11/23/03 6:52 PM, Jonathan Metts at [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
