Hi All! This is just FYI because it took a long time to solve this, and maybe there�s someone out there who still has such problems. Some months ago I posted my problems with the S900, a USB card and a Formac ProTV card. The ProTV doesn�t work in the lower 3 slots when another card (e.g. the USB) is installed there.
The setup was this: (before adding USB) 1: Acard ATA 66 (with burner and HD) 2: Voodoo 3 2000 3: ProTV 4: - 5: - 6: - (after adding USB) 1: Acard 2: ProTV 3: Voodoo (very slow in #3) 4: - 5: USB 6: - System 9.1, 2x233mhz 604e. This setup resulted in random freezes and errors and the Voodoo was extremly slow in slot 3, so I opened the Umax twice a day, removing the TV card for serious work and games, put it back in for TV. I even bought a self-powered USB hub, but no change. After removing the ProTV (and not touching the other cards), all was well, so it looked like a conflict between the ProTV and the USB card. Now, all the freezes turned out to be a multiprocessing problem which was somehow related to the PCI cards. I upgraded to a Sonnet G3/450/1MB two months ago and the system is fast and stable with this setup: 1: ProTV 2: Voodoo 3: - 4: Acard (fast enough here) 5: USB 6: - I couldn�t use the Acard in lower slots before because the cables were too short to lead round the 2 CPU cards, but no problems now with the small Sonnet card. I tried the 2nd PCI setup with just one 604e card, too, and had no problems, so everything was just bad with 2 CPUs in use. Both CPUs were good, according to multiprocessing tests. I still don�t know why there�s a problem with 2 CPUs and the ProTV/USB combination, but it�s solved now. Sorry for the long post, but this was my main S900 problem and now I�m really happy with this machine (and I don�t want a 9600 anymore)!!! Chrisso -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
