Re: another Lombard bites the dust (L2 cache is gone)

[Al Poulin]

Run the Lombard until it really dies or until your kid complains about 
performance, and enjoy the Cube!

Al Poulin
Anger, hate, and revenge are for the devil, forgiveness is for God, 
proactive self-defense is for the rest of us.

Andrew in Ann Arbor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2005 11:14:53 -0500
From: Andrew in Ann Arbor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: another Lombard bites the dust (L2 cache is gone)
I hate replying to my own questions but I've figured out how to tell if
the L2 cache in my Lombard is bad.
Under apple system profiler my Lombard now reports  "no L2 cache"
Then there's the message that pops up during start up:
"The built in memory test has detected a problem with cache memory.
Please contact a service technician for assistance."
So I need to figure out what to do next.
If the bad cache just slows the machine down I may just leave it as is,
it's mostly used by my 9 year old for web surfing and e-mail.
I could replace the processor but I'm concerned about the chance I'd 
end
up with another flaky L2 cache.

I could look for a processor upgrade but it looks like it might be
cheaper to part out the Lombard and replace it with a Pismo.
It's not like I need a 900 Mhz G3.
There is another more radical option, my Dad is sending me a G4 cube
that he has replaced with a G4 iBook. I've always like the aesthetics 
of
the G3 powerbooks but the cube is every bit as good looking and has the
added attraction of being free.

What do you think?
--
Andrew in Ann Arbor

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Al Poulin
Anger, hate, and revenge are for the devil, forgiveness is for God, 
proactive self-defense is for the rest of us.

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