yeah, i already checked the activity monitor hoping it would tell me something. only one bar appeared, confirming what sys prof was telling me. i swapped the processors, and the machine would power on, but not boot. it froze at the grey apple screen, fans running full blast. returned processors to original positions and it went back to it's old single-processor-working self. i'm left with some weak out- of-the-box thinking here. i got this from a guy who was a real hog. first off, he lied about the computer's condition, never mentioning that one processor was dead. then, when i got the thing, the outside of the case looked like it was covered with pecker tracks. opening it up, i found the innards were coated with a thick layer of dust. i have 12 yr old machines that i use daily that look spic-n-span compared to this. so i noticed that the heatsink on the lower processor has a lot more dust on it than the other. and, when the computer is on, the lower front fan is operating at a much higher rpm than the upper fan, which is barely coasting. i'm guessing that this means the lower processor is the one doing the work, and the upper one is doing nothing. however, after powering off, the upper heatsink is noticeably warmer to the touch. still, i think my best guess is that the lower processor is the one working. unless someone can come up with a more definitive method of determining which is which, i'm going with that.
so. anyone got a 2.0 processor for sale, and a copy of the appropriate ASD disc for the thermal calibration? thanks to all. On Jan 28, 9:11 pm, Stewie de Young <stewies...@hotmail.com> wrote: > If you are not experiencing any problems then it may be a simple glitch from > System profiler. > If you go into Activity Monitor and see that the processor bar graph only has > a single bar then one CPU is probably dead. > Two bars and everythings OK - just not reported correctly by SP. > This used to happen when users upgraded from OS9 to OSX and upgraded the CPU > to a Sonnet or similar too . > OS9 would show the full CPU speed and whether dual or single whereas OSX > wouldn't ( or is it the other way round - I can't remember ). > > Stewie -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
