I was unable to use a G4 / 800 Sonnet in my S900 with numerous attempts (using OS X of course). I also found NO users successfully running an S900 with a G4 / 800 and OS X (if someone can show me one I would be surprised). The machine might load X but would freeze in about 10 minutes of use.
>From an earlier post of mine trying to use the Sonnet card: <<clip>> It was bootable under 9.1 and 9.2 did not use it either OS Here is what I tried to remedy the G4 / 800 Sonnet card Added a jumper to J38 effectively removing onboard cache Purchased 2 brand new OWC 128mb FPM 60ns dimms (tried interleaved in B4 and A4 and just B4 only) - failed Using a Mac Edition (retail) PCI 7000 (slot A) - failed Twin Turbo - really failed removed Firewire and USB - failed No SCSI - used only Acard 133 (slot F & slot B) - failed No matter what I tried with the G4 800 it would NOT work in OS X <<end clip>> A Sonnet G4 / 450 card worked great and really preferformed nicely, showing Xbench scores in the 42 range. I did get the G4 / 800 to work in a PowerMac 7300 (poorly I might add) same gear, and it scored a 45. I even contacted Sonnet who said, 'we make no claims that it will Support OS X and an S900 together.' hogwash - i say The G4 / 700 and G4 / 800 from Sonnet I concluded was not a workable solution. I have since sold both the Sonnet G4 / 800 and the G4 / 450 (mostly from disgust) and am pondering buying a Macgurus CPU to use in a carrier card. The PowerLogix is so DARN tempting tho, would love to have both to try out :(. Good luck, RG -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
