Had to enable the cache yes. It's a Powerlogix I think. Been so long I'm not sure. L2CacheConfig handles it though.
On 3/2/03 7:45 PM, "James Alcasid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tim, > > Did you have to enable the cache on the Beige when you dropped a G4 in > there? What brand? > > James > > On Sunday, March 2, 2003, at 07:25 PM, Tim Maloney wrote: > >> I took an original 233 G3 Beige DT, upgraded with a 350 G3 before it >> got to >> me, and put in a 400 G4 which runs at 420 mhz. 768 megs megs ram(3 256 >> Dimms), 6 megs vram(4 meg upgrade to onboard vram), 30 gig IDE drive, >> 32X >> CDROM, and it runs Jaguar great. >> >> The best thing about this machine is I can upgrade it feasibly, there >> is >> even a dual proc upgrade for it, though that one would be expensive >> and hard >> to find used. >> >> However it runs OSX great and currently needs no upgrades in my >> opinion. It >> is a nice machine if you want to get into OSX cheaply and be able to >> upgrade >> for a while before your machine becomes obsolete. >> >> I recently sold an 8500 (ZIF carrier and 350 G3, 8 meg IX3D card, 27 >> gig ide >> drive, ata/66 card, USB card, 336 ram) and as soon as I'm able my moms >> Powercenter(266 G3, 403 ram, 16 meg ATI card, ATA card and 30 gig ide >> drive, >> 32X cdrom, usb card) will be sold and a Beige G3 will replace it. >> >> Less trouble since my mom lives in Ohio and using a beige would >> eliminate at >> least the Unsupported issues that I have to deal with, though they are >> not >> many. >> >> >> On 3/2/03 3:18 PM, "Roger Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Mark, >>> >>> I concur with Mr. Alcacid. I have several PCI Macs and have upgraded >>> and >>> run OSX on acouple of them. Unlike Mr. Alcacid, I did not have trouble >>> running OSX. But! OSX was Too much for the upgrades I installed and >>> performance was poor. I feel that it cost way too much to get one of >>> the >>> PCI Macs in good OSX condition. I have a couple of stock 266 Beige G3s >>> that run OSX just fine, with plenty of memory. A fast HD and a 400 or >>> faster zif makes a Beige G3 a very good OSX Mac for general use. >>> >>> MacResQ has the Desktop G3 266, 128 mb, 4gig, 24x CD for $200. >>> http://www.macresq.com/store/specials.php you can't beat that for a >>> great cheap system. >>> >>> Roger Harris >>> >>> James Alcasid wrote: >>> >>>> The story is much different as a far as a BeigeG3, but eve these >>>> machines are on the border of a supported config for MacOSX. I >>>> certainly did not have an issue with reliability on the BeigeG3 >>>> however. >>>> >>>> If the option is open to you I would recommend a BeigeG3 over >>>> upgrading >>>> a PCI PowerMac. I have a lot of nostalgia for the PCI Macs, I have >>>> four >>>> of them. I I cannot recommend upgrading a PCI PowerMac especially if >>>> your intention is to run MacOSX. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Saturday, March 1, 2003, at 08:01 PM, mark wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> I've seen people mention that theres a limit of a G4/400 or G3/800 >>>>> on >>>>> a G3 >>>>> model. But you can get a G4/800 for a PCI PowerPC. How so? Does this >>>>> limitation mean that something like a 9500 is a better cheap Mac >>>>> than >>>>> a G3 >>>>> for future upgrades? 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