[CUBE] PL 800 Mhz L3 Cache

[Hal]

If you install Apple's CHUD utilities (developer utilities) it will add 
a CPU system preference pane that show CPU and L1, L2 and L3 caches.

-Hal

On Thursday, February 27, 2003, at 07:53 AM, K Peex1 wrote:

>  I installed the PL single 800 upgrade some time ago.
>
> I think I got one of the first cards that had the 7455??? processor 
> installed. (The ones which did NOT need software to enable the L3 
> cache.) The instructions on enabling the L3 cache were confusing and 
> contradictory. (The instructions said I didn't need it and gave web 
> sites where to get Cache Control X 2.1b4 in the same paragraph.) When 
> I tried the couple of different PowerLogix software routes, none 
> worked. I just assumed I have had L3 enabled.
>
> I have never been able to PROVE it is enabled. Apple system Profiler 
> only reports 256k of L2 cache. If L3 was truly working, would ASP show 
> it?
>
> I would appreciate any comments or suggestions or pointers to 
> utilities (Like the old Newer Tech Gauge) which will give me a report 
> on the processor and cache. ASP doesn't even show the processor model.
>
> Thanks for any help. It sure would be cool to have a little more speed 
> available that has been hidden for a couple of months.
>
> Kevin
>
>
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