Nancy,
Make sure that your SCSI chain is correctly terminated and that there are no ID
conflicts. I have found that X is much more picky about SCSI termination than 9.
I have never experienced any memory problems with the 4 unsupported machines I have
tried to put X so I would just leave your config as is for now and try it.
I also have an OrangeMicro FW/USB card that has worked in X perfectly without any
additionally drivers since 10.0. I have no experience with the Sonnet card.
Installing in the first 8GB doesn't matter if you install on the SCSI drive. I have a
36GB SCSI drive with 1 partition and X installed and there is no problem. I believe
that the only time that you must install on a partition that is completely within the
first 8GB of the drive is if the drive is connected to an ATA/33 controller. If you
IDE controller is an ATA/66 you should not have to worry about it.
Hope this helps.
Britney
-----Original Message-----
From: Nancy L Haitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Unsupported OS X)
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 07:43:32 -0400
Subject: Re: RAM question
Hi all,
I have been lurking around in the background on this list for a couple
of weeks. Having played/worked with OS10 on a new machine for about a
month, I am finally ready to try installing it on a 9600.
I understand that OSX can be a lot more picky about RAM chips than
previous versions of the OS. I have an "unknown" mixture of chips in
the 9600, many of which have zero identification as to size,
manufacturer, etc. Some were in the machine when I got it (used), some
came out of an 8500, and a couple from a UMAX we own. Lots of people
have RAM chip problems. I apparently have always been blessed by the
RAM gods, as whatever I put in the 9600 works. The machine has been
running OS 9.1 for around a year, with no problems. Should I worry
about the odd mixture of RAM? Or, should I run some sort of RAM chip
test?
Here is a brief rundown of what I will be working with:
9600 with a Sonnet G3/400 upgrade
368 MB RAM
18 GB SCSI internal hard drive
60 GB IDE internal hard drive (connected to ATA card)
original Apple CD-ROM and Floppy drive
internal Zip drive
original Apple installed TwinTurbo PCI card
ATI Radeon Mac Edition PCI card
Sonnet Tempo ATA100 PCI card
OrangeMicro combo USB/Firewire PCI card
AppleVisions 17" monitor connected to the Radeon
Apple 15" monitor connected to the TwinTurbo
(numerous external connection stuff - not listed)
The OrangeMicro USB/Firewire PCI card will probably get swapped for a
Sonnet Tango combo card (currently in our UMAX) Sonnet appears to have
a firmware update for their card. OrangeMicro has not released anything
new for their card.
Any words of wisdom before I proceed?
Nancy
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