First off, I suggest trying CPU Director INIT 2.0b1, but with CPU Director 1.5f6. CPU Director 2.1 just doesn't work!
More generally, almost any manufacturer's G3 card software will work with any of theother G3 cards when it comes to: 1) finding out the CPU speed; 2) finding out and changing the backside bus speed, or disabling it entirely; 3) turning on the backside cache at startup. I actually am using a MAXpower G3/500/1M card in a PTP with both MAXpowr Control (v. 2.0.5) and CPU Director INIT 2.0b1 active at the same time with no problems! To view and (sometimes) change various settings, you can play around with Sonnet's Metronome and NewerTech's Gauge PRO 1.1, both of which are read-only, as well as the items mentioned above. There's also PowerLogix' G3/G4 Cache Profiler 1.5, which is a predecessor of CPU Director but does some things the latter doesn't do. (You might even try the G3/G4 Cache Profiler INIT!) If the problem is, as was suggested, a problem with the backside cache, it should be easy to find out by first starting out with one of the INITs installed and using one of the programs mentioned todisable the backside cache at startup. If it doesn't then crash on startup, but does so when you enable the backside cache on startup, then you will have a good idea that that's the problem. You can also try different settings for the backside bus speed, make sure "speculative access" is turned off, and try with "write-through" on and off. Good luck! - Aaron -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
