Dear Elliot, Perhaps a different s900 is the answer. I hate to see any Mac or Mac clone give up the ghost. I have had Apples for decades starting with Apple IIe and proceeding with Mac IIci, Mac IIvx, Performa 636CD, Mac 7200,Umax s900,iMac 233, and mirror door dual processor 1.42 GHz. I gave the Apple IIe away several years ago and turned the iMac and 7200 over to my wife and son-in-law, respectively. My wife won't let me touch her iMac unless it needs an adjustment. All the computers still run fine and do things they are not supposed to. Never had an Apple hardware failure. All problems have been from software or second party incompatible hardware.
On my s900 motherboard, the PCI slots are labeled A B C D E and F, with the A slot nearest the power supply. Here are some of the things I have observed. The video card (Radeon 7000 or TwinTurbo) works best in slot A. A multifunction USB/Firewire card works in slot A or B, but causes trouble (repeated freezes on the internet) if a phone network is hooked to the USB portion. I have gone to separate cards for USB and Firewire and they work fine in slots C & F. I have tried ATA cards in slots B through F with no problem and mine are now in slots D and E. However ATA66 cards will not work for any replaceable medium drive like a CD-RW etc., since they can't recognize these drives. Paul's observation with installing RAM chips was interesting. I have never experienced the hang up and start over problem. Umax does specify that you must add DIMMs in pairs in the sequence A-1/B1; A2/B2; A-3/B3; A-4/B-4. The DiMMs slots on the motherboard are designated by these letters and the A and B slots are not adjacent,where one might expect them to be. Perhaps this loading operation has some influence. Let me know how everything works out. Robert -- 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
