Re: Quadrupled RAM shows no improvement

2004-12-31 Thread Geoff WALLACE
Hello All, After a Firmware Update my G5 1.8 SP would only see 512 MB of RAM instead of 1.5 GB. After removing the RAM and refitting I got it recognised again. I could certainly notice the difference in machine performance when it dropped back to 512 MB after 1.5 GB. Remove the added RAM and se

Re: Quadrupled RAM shows no improvement

2004-12-31 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Wednesday, December 29, 2004, at 05:49 PM, Claire Hart wrote: I did install and run OnyX recently, since I usually don't leave the PB on overnight. That made a huge overall improvement, and seemed to restore the PB to its original state. This is a big one. Log writers typically load the entir

Re: Quadrupled RAM shows no improvement

2004-12-31 Thread Timothy Domst
There is a shareware program called Xbench, you can use it with both RAM configurations and compare them. On Dec 29, 2004, at 7:49 PM, Claire Hart wrote: I have two questions, so I'll send them as separate posts. My Powerbook is a 17" 1.5 GHz, July issue. I bought 2 GB of RAM last month, replac

Quadrupled RAM shows no improvement

2004-12-30 Thread Claire Hart
I have two questions, so I'll send them as separate posts. My Powerbook is a 17" 1.5 GHz, July issue. I bought 2 GB of RAM last month, replacing the factory-installed 512 stick. What improvements should I see after having made this installation? I am not currently running anything high-powere