Ernest, There are very detailed reviews/instructional articles that you can locate here: http://forums.xlr8yourmac.com/cpureview.lasso
In the mac model category dropdown menu, choose: Umax In the "Select a card manufacturer" catagory dropdown menu, choose: XLR8 CarrierZIF Read the review by Chris Hamady detailing what needs to be done in order to get that upgrade working properly. The CPU has nothing to do with which drive you can boot from, although you should install the software as detailed in the aforementioned review on ALL of the drives that you will be booting from. Good luck and write back if you need more info. George P.S. Another article, though more technical in nature is here: http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/archives/feb04/021304.html#S16978 --- "Ernest L. Gunerius" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I bought a PowerLogix G3 900 upgrade from OWC Feb > 8th and have been > struggling since then to install. > > Yesterday I downloaded the "G3G4CacheProfiler1.5" > from PowerLogix to > the hard drive I set up to the boot drive. > I then out found I had been mislead by the CD that > came with the > Carrier Card from Daystar. The CD had a Cache > Control installer that > turns out wont work with my S900. > Now it is mostly OK but not fully checked as yet. > > I have two scsi drives with three systems on three > partitions on the > internal scsi bus and one 120G ATA with three > partitions and three > systems on an SIIG Ultra ATA 133/100 controller > card. I have been too > lazy "to do housekeeping" and consolidate systems > and data hence all > the systems. But no problems with the PPC 233, OS9.1 > and OS8.1( for > some old programs that have not or ever will be > upgraded). > > When I boot into the G3 900 with Carrier Card set > to Bus=50 Mhz, Run > Freq = 250 MHz it boots to 475 MHz (OS9.1). This is > with only the > target drive connected on the internal drive. The > other scsi and the > ATA are not powered. > > The switches on the ZIF are as received. X5.5 I > think. But it only > matters at boot since it winds up as 475/50 = 9.5. > The carrier is set > to 250/50 = 5. I set it low while initially trying > to get a > successful boot. Since success, I tried setting the > Carrier Card to > 300/50 = 6 and 500/50 =10 but it makes no difference > it still boots > to 475. Just have to work on that. > > Before success I had reinitialized one of the 9 Gig > scsi's and > reinstalled OS9.1, So I do know how it would have > performed with all > data still on it. > I boot into Extension set OS9.1 Base with the > G3G4CacheProfiler1.5 INIT added. > > When I reconnect the other scsi and try to boot the > target scsi the > system goes through a reboot ( normal) and then > crashes. > > This crash is the same as many others that occured > with the target > only before the new G3G4CacheProfiler1.5 was > installed. That is both > scsi's were un-blessed. Running Nortons Disk Doctor > finds that fault > and re-blesses them. > After the crash the system tries to reboot but since > all bootable > systems have been un-blessed start-up only gets to a > "Question Mark" > > My questions before I move all data from my main > boot scsi so I can > experiment is: > "Will the PowerLogix G3 900 upgrade allow only one > scsi or partition > to have a blessed OS or any OS at all"? > > "Do all OS's on other drives have to have been used > to boot into the > G3 up-grade to co-exist( on the same bus or ATA > also) with the > up-graded boot disk"? > > I would ask Jason at PowerLogix but he seems to be > swamped, at least > he has not responded to me lately. > > Also I can't find the PowerLogix products at OWC. > What happened? > > TIA > > Ernie > > -- > 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/> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > >The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? 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