Derek,
I did get the card installed successfully, it's working great. I was
just a little gun-shy because of my awful, horrible experience with those
Sonnet Crescendo/NuBus cards. I am interested in the 7100 section of the
manual, however. Is their anyway you could scan those 3 pages as well as any
"universal" pages that you think I might want? One major question I have is:
Can you use the upgrade card with the 7100 cache SIMM, or must it be left
out for proper operation (I have it out now). One other thing, does this
card allow one to install more RAM in the 7100? I think 512MB is the max
now, but I was hoping this card would allow me to install more.
Thanks Derek, you can reply to my e-mail address if you wish.
Take Care,
Dylan Marsh
On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 12:59 AM, Derek Morton <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I picked up my MaxPower G3 PDS manual today (we are in the process of
> moving houses, so half my stuff is still in the old house). Do you
> still need a copy of the manual? Or would information or a few pages
> be sufficient? 7100 installation looks like it takes about 3
> pages... although there are a few pages which are not system specific.
>
> Derek
>
> On Mar 2, 2009, at 9:32 PM, Derek Morton wrote:
>
> >
> > I would go to the horses mouth (so to speak):
> >
> > http://www.newertech.com/tech_support/support_legacy.php
> >
> > MacPower G3 PDS
> >
> > I have a G3 with a 4MB Apple HPV card in my 6100... it absolutely
> > rocks (for a 6100)!
> >
> > As to why you had problems with the 7100... I have no idea... I
> > have no experience with 7100 or 8100 machines...
> >
> > I can look at scanning the manual, but first I will need to find
> > it... LOL.
> >
> > Good luck,
> >
> > Derek
> >
> >
> > On Mar 2, 2009, at 8:19 PM, H.S. Thompson wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Hey Guys,
> >> I recently purchased a, believe it or not, brand new still
> >> shrink-
> >> wrapped Newer Tech MAXpowr G3 PDS (240MHz G3, 160MHz 1MB cache) card
> >> to use in my 7100/80. The box also included the VideoCaddy card, so
> >> that I can use my HPV video card along with this upgrade. The only
> >> thing missing from the box was the manual and driver disks. Here are
> >> the specs on my new card: http://www.everymac.com/upgrade_cards/
> >> newertech/maxpowr_g3_nubus/maxpowr_g3_nubus_240.html
> >> .
> >>
> >> This is where my question comes in. I have purchased a Crescendo PDS
> >> upgrade card directly from Sonnet last year. After many hours and
> >> messing with it, I decided it was defective and got an RMA. When I
> >> got
> >> the new one, I had also got a new (used) PM 7100 to try it in, as I
> >> was trying to use the first one in a PM 6100. Without really getting
> >> into to much detail here, here's what happened. I wanted to leave no
> >> chance to damage of damaging the new card by mishandling this
> >> time, so
> >> I wore a static band and was extremely careful (I have install 100's
> >> of computer cards, by the way). Of course, the new card didn't
> >> work. I
> >> tried everything. Got new driver versions from Sonnet, reinstalled
> >> System OS, reset PRAM, rebuilt desktop, everything. I did finally get
> >> the card to work, very intermittently. What was wrong?? It did not
> >> fit
> >> tightly enough in the PDS slot. You have to hold the card very steady
> >> at start-up and once in 30 times the extension won't have the red
> >> X in
> >> it and the card works great, of course the computer freezes up
> >> constantly. I tried lots of things to hold the card down tight enough
> >> to fix this, but to no avail. Whats really interesting is the my HPV
> >> card, which of course goes in the same slot, fits fine and always
> >> works.
> >>
> >> I'm curious if anyone has any suggestions on this issue, but that's
> >> not my main question. My main concern is this: They don't make the
> >> Newer brand cards anymore of course, and I am really afraid of these
> >> PDS cards since my terrible experience with the Sonnet crap.
> >>
> >> So, since I don't have the manual or exact drivers for the card, I
> >> was
> >> wondering if someone with experience with this specific card could
> >> tell me exactly how they successfully installed theirs as well as any
> >> tips. A PDF copy of the manual or something would be great, along
> >> with
> >> a download of the drivers, but not necessary really. I know how to
> >> install the card of course, I just want to know if their is
> >> anything I
> >> should be careful of.
> >>
> >> I did find this site which has working downloads for most Newer card
> >> drivers, but I do not know exactly which one to use and I am
> >> scared to
> >> use the wrong one (due to other Sonnet card problems).
> >> Here's the link:
> >> http://eshop.macsales.com/Tech/index.cfm?load=newertech.html
> >>
> >> I would greatly appreciate any help at all with this new card. I
> >> promised myself I would stop if this one didn't work, I can't waste
> >> any more time on this now, no matter how bad I want it to work.
> >>
> >> Thanks Vintage Mac users!
> >>
>
> >
>
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