G4 MDD woes

2010-05-27 Thread Chris Ferne
My Power Mac G4 desktop (M8570 - 1.2 single) has some strange habits: occasionally it will freeze completely and regularly an app will crash with a message to the effect that something had been trying to access invalid memory. It came (used) with only the first three DIMM slots full. When

Re: G4 MDD woes

2010-05-27 Thread JOHN CARMONNE
On May 27, 2010, at 6:02 AM, Chris Ferne wrote: My Power Mac G4 desktop (M8570 - 1.2 single) has some strange habits: occasionally it will freeze completely and regularly an app will crash with a message to the effect that something had been trying to access invalid memory. It came

Re: G4 MDD woes

2010-05-27 Thread Bill Connelly
On May 27, 2010, at 9:02 AM, Chris Ferne wrote: My Power Mac G4 desktop (M8570 - 1.2 single) has some strange habits: occasionally it will freeze completely and regularly an app will crash with a message to the effect that something had been trying to access invalid memory. After

G3 Blue and White

2010-05-27 Thread Jasiu
I have a 350MHZ G3 BW. I wanted to upgrade the processor, any idea of the fastest processor I can go with? I just put an 80 GB hard drive in it, running 10.3.9. Any other ideas for upgrading? Thanks -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using

Re: G3 Blue and White

2010-05-27 Thread John Niven
Have at least a DVD CD burner combo drive, so you can use it as a music center. Also make sure you have the DVD decoder daughter-board on your video card! It plays DVD's better than a faster processor would. Get 1Gb of ram. --- On Thu, 5/27/10, Jasiu johnschiavone...@gmail.com wrote: Any

Re: G4 MDD woes

2010-05-27 Thread eastofevelix
John, AFAIK the 1.2 MDD doesn't have a CUDA switch. But I'll try the rest - thanks. On May 27, 2:16 pm, JOHN CARMONNE carmo...@aol.com wrote: To start with I would remove the RAM HDDs and battery along with   everything including the power plug. Hold the CUDA switch for 30   seconds, Make

Re: G4 MDD woes

2010-05-27 Thread John Carmonne
On May 27, 2010, at 1:11 PM, eastofevelix wrote: John, AFAIK the 1.2 MDD doesn't have a CUDA switch. But I'll try the rest - thanks. Just to be sure look near the battery? It's a real small grey button. John Carmonne Yorba Linda USA Sent from my MBP -- You received this message

Re: G3 Blue and White

2010-05-27 Thread Larry Stotler
On May 27, 2:21 pm, Jasiu johnschiavone...@gmail.com wrote: I have a 350MHZ G3 BW.  I wanted to upgrade the processor, any idea of the fastest processor I can go with?  I just put an 80 GB hard drive in it, running 10.3.9.  Any other ideas for upgrading?  Thanks Sonnet made a 1Ghz G4 upgrade.

Re: G3 Blue and White

2010-05-27 Thread Jeffrey Engle
Will the sonnet card below work? 20 bucks? shipped? FS:Sonnet Encore/Zif G4 500 Mhz 1 Mb Proc Upgrade Card Auto Bus Part #: EG4-500-1M On May 27, 2010, at 3:23 PM, Larry Stotler wrote: On May 27, 2:21 pm, Jasiu johnschiavone...@gmail.com wrote: I have a 350MHZ G3 BW. I wanted to

Re: G3 Blue and White

2010-05-27 Thread Jeffrey Engle
more info on it Sonnet - Encore/ZIF G4: Power Mac G3 G4 Processor Upgrade Card On May 27, 2010, at 3:23 PM, Larry Stotler wrote: On May 27, 2:21 pm, Jasiu johnschiavone...@gmail.com wrote: I have a 350MHZ G3 BW. I wanted to upgrade the processor, any idea of the fastest processor I can