Hello all.
Finally got that Sonnet card in my "oldbeige". What a difference. Not as dramatic as I had hoped, but pretty dramatic. What I'm wondering is, how do I confirm that the L2 and L3 caches are enabled? I am using XPF to run Panther, and it looks like Sonnet's X tuneup software does not yet support Panther. It is supposed enable the cache and also have the OS report it correctly. Right now, in system profiler, this is what it says:
Machine Model: OPEN,PowerMac-G3 CPU Type: PowerPC 60? (2.1) Number Of CPUs: 1 CPU Speed: 1.00 GHz Memory: 448 MB Bus Speed: 67 MHz
Is it as simple as turning on the L2/L3 option in XPF?
Nope, this just turns on the L3 cache during the OS install. The L2 cache in your chip is on-die and is turned on all the time. You need to use PowerLogix's (or Sonnet's) cache enabler for the L3 as Peter said.
I have done that and I did notice a difference, so I'm wondering if it's now done?
Also, since I am using a flashed Radeon 7000, I can't let the computer go to sleep. Does this mean it's a bad idea to leave it on overnight b/c of CPU heat and electricity costs, or is there a way for the CPU to "sleep" without affecting the video card? Does it do it automatically if it doesn't detect activity?
Set the monitor and disks to sleep and that should be enough. If you have a Beige desktop, these only use 150W max (usually less than that) so setting the disk and monitor to sleep leaves you using a lightbulb's equivalent of power.
Ironically, it now takes longer to boot up: with G3 300: 2:02, with G4 1Ghz: 2:36. The screen stays black and displays no verbose text for a whole 1.5 minutes whereas before, it began this display within 15 seconds of turning on the computer. Will be submitting a report to xlr8yourmac.com's database, but I wanted to be sure I've got this thing running as well as it's going to run. Would just like to confirm it.
If you have more RAM in the Mac, the startup will take longer due to RAM checking before bootup. Also, the L3 cache speeds up everything including startup. Enable the L3 cache and see if you get a speedup.
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