My replacement card came this past Friday and I still haven't gotten the software to work. The new card works every time, unlike the first card sent which was flakey. Because the software won't work, I can't get the card to run past the 500 MHz it boots at. I have gone so far as to borrow a hard drive, erase it, install only OS 9 and CPU Director, disconnect everything but the video card and still CPUD doesn't work.
I downloaded an older version of XLR8 Mach Speed Control but I need to buy a serial number to make it work. I'm not opposed to doing that, but if that doesn't work, I'll be eating a 15% restocking fee from OWC, about $31, (if there's "nothing wrong" with the product and "I" just can't make it work) plus the cost of MSC. I would be out about $41. Googling (read "grasping") for straws, it seems the problem might be related to the onboard cache. I believe it needs to be disabled, but isn't it soldered on? I have read that CPU D does not have the ability to disable the L2 cache. Maybe this is preventing CPU D from working? I launched Mach Speed Control just to see if it would lock up. I only got as far as the serial number box, of course, but at least it didn't lock up. I think MSC has an option to disable the L2 cache. Anybody know for sure? I also tried various CPUD inits with the program...no luck. My motherboard is a Power Surge made in 1996. There is a white paper in the MSC download talking about how Macs prior to September (?) 1997 have problems with speculative processing. I don't see how that would be a problem for the CPU D software, but could it be? To sum up: the replacement 1GHz card boots every time but only at 500 MHz and since I apparently do not have the skills to get CPU Director working, I can't enable/disable the card's cache and/or increase it's speed. And, it appears the motherboard cache needs to be disabled for which I don't have a satisfactory solution. Any more suggestions? If I get home in time from work, I may try calling OWC's tech line to see what they suggest. Thanks, Dave Stephens __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
