>I have just purchased a PTP machine and will want to add RAM to it as it >only has 64M. I have > no manual for it and do not know if it need EDO or >non-EDO memory. Also I am not sure if I > can use 128M or if I have to >use 64M chips. I see that both OWC and Techworks list both > types, but one is considerably cheaper than the other. Are the Techworks >memory chips that > much better than OWC? I would appreciate some advice from those of you >who know. > >Thanks, --Carl
I installed 1GB (8 x 128mg) of OWC RAM ( $215.76) in my PTP/225 about a month ago and it worked great from the start. I don't know why anyone would pay for more expensive RAM (as long as the cheap stuff is from an established company and is warranted). As to EDO vs non-EDO, OWC will know what you need (I don't remember what I got and it's not specified on the invoice.) >Just curious what kind of firewire cards y'all have installed in your >machines...there seems to be quite a variety out there with speeds and >such varying from model to model. In particular, anyone had any >successes/failures with the Powerlogix Rapidfire card? > >Thanks, >Mike There is no way I would ever buy a Powerlogix product again. Especially not a Rapidfire card. I tried to use the Rapidfire card to add Firewire (and USB) to my PTP/225 and it would not work with external hard drives (I tried a total of three from two different vendors), although it did work with a LaCie external CDRW. OWC would not take the card back unless I got authorization from Powerlogix, who refused to accept that their card did not work with my system and would not authorize the return. OWC sent me another PowerLogix Rapidfire card to try-still the same result. Bear in mind that I tried with OS 8.6 and OS 9.1 and ever combination of Apple and 3rd aprty firewire drivers that I could find. And FWB Toolkit. I finally had to cancel the credit card charges and return the cards to OWC. I am very disappointed that OWC-a company that I generally like and recommend-put their supplier ahead of the consumer in this instance. The cost of shipping, long distance phone calls to Powerlogix toll number (no toll-free number available) and OWC, and the HOURS I spend trying to get this product to work are, of course, money down the drain. I hope you don't suffer as I have. Another list member finally turned me on to a combination of firewire card and HD that has worked great: A PCI firewire card ($69) and an external firewire HD enclosure (at $159 a little on the expensive side, but hey, IT WORKED!) from Granite Digital (http://www.granitedigital.com/). I used an IBM Deskstar 120gb ATA100 HD from MegaHaus (a bargain at $169) in the enclosure. I installed the drive in the enclosure (easy instructions) and voila! it worked!-and with no 3rd party software. As a bonus the Granite products work great with OS 9.1 AND OS 8.6! Good luck, Scott -------------------------------------------- Scott Gerber Design voice: (505) 466-9333 fax: (505) 466-3422 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] address: 33 Alondra Road, Santa Fe, NM 87508 -- Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> 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]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
