So they Sonnet updated the x-tuneup software but in their support site it's still at 1.27. I have run that by the way, but it's not reporting anything in the about this mac screen. I guess they'd have to email it to me or something? Does the CPU director also report the right info in "about this mac"? I won't be able to try either solution till much later. thanks for all your comments. I'm curious to see if the L3 cache makes a difference.
On Apr 7, 2004, at 11:52 AM, David Klaus wrote:
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?
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?
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 ask Sonnet support, they have an updated X tuneup (1.2.8 IIRC) that does support Panther. I use PowerLogix's CPU Directory and the speed and size of my caches are reported correctly in profiler and on the 'About the Mac' screen.
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